1 Samuel 1:9–18

⁹Then Hannah got up after eating and drinking at Shiloh. (Now Eli the priest was sitting on his chair by the doorpost of the temple^k of Yahweh.) ¹⁰She was deeply troubled,^l so she prayed to Yahweh and wept bitterly. ¹¹She made a vow^m and said: “O Yahweh of hosts, if you will look with compassion on the misery of your female servant, and will remember me, and not forget your female servant, and will give to your female servant a male childⁿ then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and a razor will never pass over his head.”^{o 12}While^p she continued to pray before Yahweh, Eli was observing her mouth. ¹³Now Hannah had been speaking in her heart; her lips were moving, but her voice could not be heard, so Eli considered her to be drunk. ¹⁴Then Eli said to her, “How long will you behave like someone who is drunk? Put away your wine!” ¹⁵But Hannah answered and said, “No, my lord. I am a woman deeply distressed,^q but I have not drunk wine or strong drink. Rather, I have poured out my soul before Yahweh. ¹⁶Do not regard your female servant as worthless,^r but because of the extent of my worries and my provocation I have spoken all of this.” ¹⁷Then Eli answered and said, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant your request that you have asked of him.” ¹⁸And she said, “May your female slave find favor in your sight.” Then the woman went on her way and ate something, and her face did not look sad any longer.^s