LORD

And this man went vp out of his citie yeerely, to worship and to sacrifice vnto the LORD of hostes in Shiloh; and the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni, and Phinehas, the Priests of the LORD, were there.

1611 marginal noteHebr. from yeere to yeere.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 16.16.

But vnto Hannah he gaue a worthy portion: (for he loued Hannah, but the LORD had shut vp her wombe.

1611 marginal noteOr, a double portion.

And her aduersary also prouoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut vp her wombe.)

1611 marginal noteHebr. angred her.

And as he did so yeere by yeere, when she went vp to the house of the LORD, so she prouoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

1611 marginal noteOr, from the time that she &c. Hebr. from her going vp.

¶ So Hannah rose vp after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunke; (now Eli the Priest sate vpon a seat by a poste of the Temple of the LORD.)

And shee was in bitternesse of soule, and prayed vnto the LORD, and wept sore.

1611 marginal noteHebr. bitter of soule.

And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hostes, if thou wilt indeed looke on the affliction of thine handmayd, and remember me, and not forget thine handmayd, but wilt giue vnto thine handmayd a man childe, then I will giue him vnto the LORD all the dayes of his life, and there shall no rasor come vpon his head.

1611 marginal noteHebr. seed of men.

1611 marginal noteNum. 6.5. iudg. 13.5.

And it came to passe as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.

1611 marginal noteHebr. multiplied to pray.

And Hannah answered, and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowfull spirit: I haue drunke neither wine nor strong drinke, but haue powred out my soule before the LORD.

1611 marginal noteHebr. hard of spirit.

¶ And they rose vp in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knewe Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembred her.