14. "How long will you act like a drunk? Sober up!" Eli told her.
15. "No sir!" Hannah replied. "I’m just a very sad woman. I haven’t had any wine or beer but have been pouring out my heart to the Lord.
16. Don’t think your servant is some good-for-nothing woman. This whole time I’ve been praying out of my great worry and trouble!"
17. Eli responded, "Then go in peace. And may the God of Israel give you what you’ve asked from him."
18. "Please think well of me, your servant," Hannah said. Then the woman went on her way, ate some food, and wasn’t sad any longer.
19. They got up early the next morning and worshipped the Lord. Then they went back home to Ramah. Elkanah had sex with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.
20. So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, which means "I asked the Lord for him."
21. When Elkanah and all his household went up to make the annual sacrifice and keep his solemn promise,
22. Hannah didn’t go."I’ll bring the boy when he is weaned," she told her husband, "so he can be presented to the Lord and stay there permanently. I will offer him as a nazirite forever."