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17 “Go in peace,” Eli answered. “May the God of Israel grant the request you have asked of him.”

18 She said, “Let your servant[a] find favor in your eyes.” Then she[b] went on her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.[c]

19 They got up early the next morning and worshipped in the Lord’s presence, and then they returned and came to their house at Ramah. Elkanah had marital relations with[d] his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:18 Lit. maid servant
  2. 1 Samuel 1:18 Lit. Then the woman
  3. 1 Samuel 1:18 So LXX; The meaning of MT is uncertain.
  4. 1 Samuel 1:19 Lit. Elkanah knew