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1 Samuel 1 Brenton's Septuagint Translation
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And Phennana had children, but Anna had no child.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And the man went up from year to year from his city, from Armathaim, to worship and sacrifice to the Lord God of Sabaoth at Selom: and <i>there were</i> Heli and his two sons Ophni and Phinees, the priests of the Lord. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And the day came, and Helkana sacrificed, and gave portions to his wife Phennana and her children. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And to Anna he gave a prime portion, because she had no child, only Helkana loved Anna more than the other; but the Lord <i>had</i> closed her womb. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For the Lord gave her no child in her affliction, and according to the despondency of her affliction; and she was dispirited on this account, that the Lord shut up her womb so as not to give her a child. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So she did year by year, in going up to the house of the Lord; and she was dispirited, and wept, and did not eat. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And Helkana her husband said to her, Anna: and she said to him, Here <i>am</i> I, my lord: and he said to her, What ails thee that thou weepest? and why dost thou not eat? and why does thy heart smite thee? <i>am</i> I not better to thee than ten children?<p> <A name="10"></a><p class="hdg">Hannah Prays for a Son<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And Anna rose up after they had eaten in Selom, and stood before the Lord: and Heli the priest <i>was</i> on a seat by the threshold of the temple of the Lord. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And she <i>was</i> very much grieved in spirit, and prayed to the Lord, and wept abundantly. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And she vowed a vow to the Lord, saying, O Lord God of Sabaoth, if thou welt indeed look upon the humiliation of thine handmaid, and remember me, and give to thine handmaid a man-child, then will I indeed dedicate him to thee till the day of his death; and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink, and no razor shall come upon his head.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And it came to pass, while she was long praying before the Lord, that Heli the priest marked her mouth. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And she was speaking in her heart, and her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: and Heli accounted her a drunken woman. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And the servant of Heli said to her, How long wilt thou be drunken? take away thy wine from thee, and go out from the presence of the Lord. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And Anna answered and said, Nay, my lord, <i>I live</i> in a hard day, and I have not drunk wine or strong drink, and I pour out my soul before the Lord. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Count not thy handmaid for a pestilent woman, for by reason of the abundance of my importunity I have continued <i>my prayer</i> until now. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Heli answered and said to her, Go in peace: the God of Israel give thee all thy petition, which thou hast asked of him. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And she said, Thine handmaid has found favour in thine eyes: and the woman went her way, and entered into her lodging, and ate and drank with her husband, and her countenance was no more sad.<p> <A name="20"></a><p class="hdg">The Birth of Samuel<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And they rise early in the morning, and worship the Lord, and they go their way: and Helkana went into his house at Armathaim, and knew his wife Anna; and the Lord remembered her, and she conceived. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And it came to pass when the time was come, that she brought forth a son, and called his name Samuel, and said, Because I asked him of the Lord God of Sabaoth.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And the man Helkana and all his house went up to offer in Selom the yearly sacrifice, and his vows, and all the tithes of his land. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But Anna did not go up with him, for she said to her husband, <i>I will not go up</i> until the child goes up, when I have weaned him, and he shall be presented before the Lord, and he shall abide there continually. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And Helkana her husband said to her, Do that which is good in thine eyes, abide still until thou shalt have weaned him; but may the Lord establish that which comes out of thy mouth: and the woman tarried, and suckled her son until she had weaned him. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And she went up with him to Selom with a calf of three years old, and loaves, and an ephah of fine flour, and a bottle of wine: and she entered into the house of the Lord in Selom, and the child with them. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And they brought him before the Lord; and his father slew his offering which he offered from year to year to the Lord; and he brought near the child, and slew the calf; and Anna the mother of the child brought him to Heli. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And she said, I pray thee, my lord, as thy soul liveth, I <i>am</i> the woman that stood in thy presence with thee while praying to the Lord. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For this child I prayed; and the Lord has given me my request that I asked of him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And I lend him to the Lord all his days that he lives, a loan to the Lord: and she said,<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ruth/4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ruth 4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ruth 4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_samuel/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>