1 Samuel 1:9-18 - Hannah's Prayer For A Son

⁹ And Hannah will rise after eating in Shiloh, and after drinking: (and Eli the priest sat upon the throne by the door-post of the edifice of Jehovah:) ¹⁰ And she bitter of soul, and she will pray to Jehovah, and weeping, she will weep. ¹¹ And she will vow a vow, and say, Jehovah of armies, if seeing, thou wilt see the affliction of thy servant and remember me, and thou wilt not forget thy servant, and give to thy servant seed of men, and I gave him to Jehovah all the days of his life, and a razor shall not come up upon his head.

¹² And it was when she multiplied to pray before Jehovah, and Eli watched her mouth. ¹³ And Hannah she speaking upon her heart; only her lips moved, and her voice will not be heard: and Eli will think her to be intoxicated. ¹⁴ And Eli will say to her, How long wilt thou be intoxicated? remove thy wine from thee.

¹⁵ And Hannah will answer and say, No, my lord, I a woman hard of spirit, and wine and strong drink I drank not, and I will pour out my soul before Jehovah. ¹⁶ Thou wilt not give thy servant before a daughter of Belial, for from the abundance of my complaint and my grief I spoke even till now.

¹⁷ And Eli will answer and say, Go with peace: and the God of Israel shall give thine asking which thou didst ask of him.

¹⁸ And she will say, Thy servant shall find grace in thine eyes. And the woman will go to her way, and ate, and her face is to her no more.