12. While she continued to pray before Yahweh, Eli was observing her mouth.
13. Now Hannah had been speaking in her heart; her lips were moving, but her voice could not be heard, so Eli considered her to be drunk.
14. Then Eli said to her, “How long will you behave like someone who is drunk? Put away your wine!”
15. But Hannah answered and said, “No, my lord. I am a woman deeply distressed, but I have not drunk wine or strong drink. Rather, I have poured out my soul before Yahweh.
16. Do not regard your female servant as worthless, but because of the extent of my worries and my provocation I have spoken all of this.”
17. Then Eli answered and said, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant your request that you have asked of him.”
18. And she said, “May your female slave find favor in your sight.” Then the woman went on her way and ate something, and her face did not look sad any longer.
19. Then they rose early in the morning and worshiped before Yahweh and returned to their house at Ramah. Then Elkanah had sexual relations with Hannah his wife, and Yahweh remembered her.
20. In due time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She called his name Samuel, for she said, “I requested him from Yahweh.”