15. But Hannah replied, “That’s not the way it is, my lord! I am under a great deal of stress. I have drunk neither wine nor beer. Rather, I have poured out my soul to the Lord.
16. Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman, for until now I have spoken from my deep pain and anguish.”
17. Eli replied, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant the request that you have asked of him.”
18. She said, “May I, your servant, find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and got something to eat. Her face no longer looked sad.
19. They got up early the next morning and after worshiping the Lord, they returned to their home at Ramah. Elkanah had marital relations with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.
20. After some time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, thinking, “I asked the Lord for him.
21. This man Elkanah went up with all his family to make the yearly sacrifice to the Lord and to keep his vow,
22. but Hannah did not go up with them. Instead she told her husband, “Once the boy is weaned, I will bring him and appear before the Lord, and he will remain there from then on.”
23. So her husband Elkanah said to her, “Do what you think best. Stay until you have weaned him. May the Lord fulfill his promise.”So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
24. Once she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with three bulls, an ephah of flour, and a container of wine. She brought him to the Lord’s house at Shiloh, even though he was young.
25. Once the bull had been slaughtered, they brought the boy to Eli.
26. She said, “Just as surely as you are alive, my lord, I am the woman who previously stood here with you in order to pray to the Lord.
27. I prayed for this boy, and the Lord has given me the request that I asked of him.
28. Now I dedicate him to the Lord. From this time on he is dedicated to the Lord.” Then they worshiped the Lord there.