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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>1 Samuel 1 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_samuel/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_samuel/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > 1 Samuel 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ruth/4.htm" title="Ruth 4">◄</a> 1 Samuel 1 <a href="../1_samuel/2.htm" title="1 Samuel 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/1_samuel/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Birth of Samuel</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephrathite. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He had two wives. The name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other, Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Now this man used to go up year by year from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>On the day when Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and daughters. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had closed her womb.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. Septuagint And, although he loved Hannah, he would give Hannah only one portion, because the LORD had closed her womb">a</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her, because the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had closed her womb. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So it went on year by year. As often as she went up to the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And Elkanah, her husband, said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh, Hannah rose. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of the temple of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>She was deeply distressed and prayed to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and wept bitterly. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And she vowed a vow and said, “O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>As she continued praying before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, Eli observed her mouth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, and her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli took her to be a drunken woman. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And Eli said to her, “How long will you go on being drunk? Put your wine away from you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then Eli answered, “Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have made to him.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And she said, “Let your servant find favor in your eyes.” Then the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>; then they went back to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> remembered her. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, “I have asked for him from the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.”<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for heard of God">b</a></sup></span></p> <p class="heading">Samuel Given to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The man Elkanah and all his house went up to offer to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> the yearly sacrifice and to pay his vow. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “As soon as the child is weaned, I will bring him, so that he may appear in the presence of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and dwell there forever.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems best to you; wait until you have weaned him; only, may the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> establish his word.” So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with a three-year-old bull,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Syriac; Masoretic Text three bulls">c</a></sup></span> an ephah<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters">d</a></sup></span> of flour, and a skin of wine, and she brought him to the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> at Shiloh. And the child was young. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then they slaughtered the bull, and they brought the child to Eli. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And she said, “Oh, my lord! As you live, my lord, I am the woman who was standing here in your presence, praying to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For this child I prayed, and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has granted me my petition that I made to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Therefore I have lent him to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. As long as he lives, he is lent to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.”</p><p class="regular">And he worshiped the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> there.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. Septuagint <i>And, although he loved Hannah, he would give Hannah only one portion, because the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had closed her womb</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> <i class="catch-word">Samuel</i> sounds like the Hebrew for <i>heard of God</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Syriac; Masoretic Text <i>three bulls</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> An <i class="catch-word">ephah</i> was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters<br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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