13. Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought she was drunk.
14. Eli said to her, How long will you be intoxicated? Put wine away from you.
15. But Hannah answered, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I was pouring out my soul before the Lord. [Gen. 19:34.]
16. Regard not your handmaid as a wicked woman; for out of my great complaint and bitter provocation I have been speaking.
17. Then Eli said, Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant your petition which you have asked of Him.
18. Hannah said, Let your handmaid find grace in your sight. So [she] went her way and ate, her countenance no longer sad.
19. The family rose early the next morning, worshiped before the Lord, and returned to their home in Ramah. Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her.
20. Hannah became pregnant and in due time bore a son and named him Samuel [heard of God], Because, she said, I have asked him of the Lord.
21. And Elkanah and all his house went up to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and pay his vow.