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Joshua 16

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¹ So it happened year after year, whenever she went up to the house of the LORD, Peninnah provoked her; so she wept and would not eat.

² Then Elkanah her husband said to her, "Hannah, why do you cry and why do you not eat? Why are you so sad and discontent? Am I not better to you than ten sons?"

³ So Hannah got up after eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat beside the doorpost of the temple (tabernacle) of the LORD.

⁴ Hannah was[6] greatly distressed, and she prayed to the LORD and wept in anguish.

⁵ She made a vow, saying, "O LORD of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction (suffering) of Your maidservant and remember, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a son, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life; a[7] razor shall never touch his head."

⁶ Now it happened as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli was watching her mouth.

⁷ Hannah was speaking in her heart (mind); only her lips were moving, and her voice was not heard, so Eli[8] thought she was drunk.

⁸ Eli said to her, "How long will you make yourself drunk? Get rid of your wine."

⁹ But Hannah answered, "No, my lord, I am a woman with a despairing spirit. I have not been drinking wine or any intoxicating drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.

¹⁰ Do not regard your maidservant as a wicked and worthless woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great concern and [bitter] provocation."

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1	So it happened year after year, whenever she went up to the house of the LORD, Peninnah provoked her; so she wept and would not eat.
2	Then Elkanah her husband said to her, "Hannah, why do you cry and why do you not eat? Why are you so sad and discontent? Am I not better to you than ten sons?"
3	So Hannah got up after eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat beside the doorpost of the temple (tabernacle) of the LORD.
4	Hannah was[6] greatly distressed, and she prayed to the LORD and wept in anguish.
5	She made a vow, saying, "O LORD of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction (suffering) of Your maidservant and remember, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a son, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life; a[7] razor shall never touch his head."
6	Now it happened as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli was watching her mouth.
7	Hannah was speaking in her heart (mind); only her lips were moving, and her voice was not heard, so Eli[8] thought she was drunk.
8	Eli said to her, "How long will you make yourself drunk? Get rid of your wine."
9	But Hannah answered, "No, my lord, I am a woman with a despairing spirit. I have not been drinking wine or any intoxicating drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
10	Do not regard your maidservant as a wicked and worthless woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great concern and [bitter] provocation."

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