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New American Standard Bible (NASB)

1 Samuel 1
¹² Now it came about, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli was watching her mouth.
¹³ As for Hannah, she was speaking in her heart, only her lips were moving, but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought she was drunk.
¹⁴ Then Eli said to her, "How long will you make yourself drunk? Put away your wine from you."
¹⁵ But Hannah replied, "No, my lord, I am a woman oppressed in spirit; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the Lord.
¹⁶ Do not consider your maidservant as a worthless woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great concern and provocation."
¹⁷ Then Eli answered and said, "Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of Him."
¹⁸ She said, "Let your maidservant find favor in your sight." So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.
¹⁹ Then they arose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord, and returned again to their house in Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her.
²⁰ It came about in due time, after Hannah had conceived, that she gave birth to a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, "Because I have asked him of the Lord."
²¹ Then the man Elkanah went up with all his household to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and pay his vow.
²² But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, "I will not go up until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord and stay there forever."