Verse 13
1 Samuel 1:13
Bible in Basic English
13
For Hannah's prayer came from her heart, and though her lips were moving she made no sound: so it seemed to Eli that she was overcome with wine.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/חַנָּ֗ה הִ֚יא מְדַבֶּ֣רֶת עַל לִבָּ֔/הּ רַ֚ק שְׂפָתֶ֣י/הָ נָּע֔וֹת וְ/קוֹלָ֖/הּ לֹ֣א יִשָּׁמֵ֑עַ וַ/יַּחְשְׁבֶ֥/הָ עֵלִ֖י לְ/שִׁכֹּרָֽה
English Translation
And Hannah was speaking in her heart; her lips were moving, but her voice was not heard, and Eli thought she was drunk.
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Chapter 1 Context
1
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim, a Zuphite of the hill-country of Ephraim, named Elkanah; h...
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And he had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah: and Peninnah was the mother of childr...
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Now this man went up from his town every year to give worship and to make offerings to the Lord of a...
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And when the day came for Elkanah to make his offering, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her...
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But to Hannah he gave one part, though Hannah was very dear to him, but the Lord had not let her hav...
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And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her hav...
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And year by year, whenever she went up to the house of the Lord, she kept on attacking her, so that...
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Then her husband Elkanah said to her, Hannah, why are you weeping? and why are you taking no food? w...
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So after they had taken food and wine in the guest room, Hannah got up. Now Eli the priest was seate...
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And with grief in her soul, weeping bitterly, she made her prayer to the Lord.
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And she made an oath, and said, O Lord of armies, if you will truly take note of the sorrow of your...
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12
Now while she was a long time in prayer before the Lord, Eli was watching her mouth.
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For Hannah's prayer came from her heart, and though her lips were moving she made no sound: so it se...
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And Eli said to her, How long are you going to be the worse for drink? Put away the effects of your...
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And Hannah, answering him, said, No, my lord, I am a woman whose spirit is broken with sorrow: I hav...
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Do not take your servant to be a good-for-nothing woman: for my words have come from my stored-up so...
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Then Eli said to her, Go in peace: and may the God (Elohim) of Israel give you an answer to the pray...
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And she said, May your servant have grace in your eyes. So the woman went away, and took part in the...
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And early in the morning they got up, and after worshipping before the Lord they went back to Ramah,...
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Now the time came when Hannah, being with child, gave birth to a son; and she gave him the name Samu...
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And the man Elkanah with all his family went up to make the year's offering to the Lord, and to give...
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But Hannah did not go, for she said to her husband, I will not go till the child has been taken from...
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And her husband Elkanah said to her, Do whatever seems right to you, but not till you have taken him...
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Then when she had done so, she took him with her, with a three-year old ox and an ephah of meal and...
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And when they had made an offering of the ox, they took the child to Eli.
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And she said, O my lord, as your soul is living, my lord, I am that woman who was making a prayer to...
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My prayer was for this child; and the Lord has given him to me in answer to my request:
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So I have given him to the Lord; for all his life he is the Lord's. Then he gave the Lord worship th...
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