Hannah’s Vow and Prayer

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So Hannah rose vp after that they had eaten and drunke in Shiloh (and Eli the Priest sate vpon a stoole by one of the postes of the Temple of the Lord)

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And she was troubled in her minde, and prayed vnto the Lord, and wept sore:

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Also she vowed a vowe, and sayd, O Lord of hostes, if thou wilt looke on the trouble of thine handmaide, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaide, but giue vnto thine handmaide a manchilde, then I will giue him vnto the Lord all the dayes of his life, and there shall no rasor come vpon his head.

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And as she continued praying before the Lord, Eli marked her mouth.

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For Hannah spake in her heart: her lips did moue onely, but her voyce was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had bene drunken.

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And Eli sayde vnto her, Howe long wilt thou be drunken? Put away thy drunkennesse from thee.

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Then Hannah answered and sayd, Nay my lord, but I am a woman troubled in spirit: I haue drunke neither wine nor strong drinke, but haue powred out my soule before the Lord.

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Count not thine handmaide for a wicked woman: for of the abundance of my complaint and my griefe haue I spoken hitherto.

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Then Eli answered, and sayd, Go in peace, and the God of Israel graunt thy petition that thou hast asked of him.

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She sayd againe, Let thine handmayd finde grace in thy sight: so the woman went her way, and did eate, and looked no more sad.

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