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1 Samuel 1:10-12
New Catholic Bible
1 Samuel 1:10-12
New Catholic Bible
10 She was greatly distressed and she prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly.[a] 11 She made a vow saying, “O Lord of hosts, if you will regard the troubles of your handmaid and will remember me, and not forget your handmaid, and you will give your handmaid a son, then I will dedicate him to the Lord for his entire life, and no razor[b] will ever touch his head.”
12 As she continued to pray to the Lord, Eli watched her mouth.
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- 1 Samuel 1:10 Hannah showed her true colors by her faithfulness to the Lord. Rather than give up or complain about her fate she prayed in the midst of her great distress.
- 1 Samuel 1:11 No razor: an external sign of consecration to God (see Jdg 16:17), after the fashion of the Nazirites (Num 6:5).
