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14 Then Eli said to her, “(A)How long will you make yourself drunk? Put away your wine from you.” 15 But Hannah answered and said, “No, my lord, I am a woman [a]oppressed in spirit; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I (B)have poured out my soul before Yahweh. 16 Do not [b]consider your maidservant as a vile woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great complaint and [c]provocation.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:15 Lit severe
  2. 1 Samuel 1:16 Lit give
  3. 1 Samuel 1:16 Lit my provocation

14 and said to her, “How long are you going to stay drunk? Put away your wine.”

15 “Not so, my lord,” Hannah replied, “I am a woman who is deeply troubled.(A) I have not been drinking wine or beer; I was pouring(B) out my soul to the Lord. 16 Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.”(C)

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