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10 Hannah’s spirit was very distressed, and as she prayed to the Lord, she sobbed and wept many tears. 11 She made a vow and said, “O Lord of Armies, if you will carefully consider the misery of your servant and remember me, and if you do not forget your servant but give your servant a male child,[a] then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”

12 As she continued praying before the Lord, Eli was looking at her mouth.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:11 Literally seed of men, an unusual expression