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16 Don’t consider your handmaid a wicked woman. For out of my great anguish and grief I’ve been praying until now.”

17 Then Eli responded, “Go in shalom, and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you asked of Him.”[a]

18 “May your maidservant find favor in your eyes,” she said. So the woman went her way; she ate, and her countenance was no longer dejected.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:17 cf. Acts 15:33.

16 Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.”(A)

17 Eli answered, “Go in peace,(B) and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him.(C)

18 She said, “May your servant find favor in your eyes.(D)” Then she went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast.(E)

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