Now there was a certain man of ^aRamathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was ^bElkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

 2 And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had ^ano children.

 3 And this man went up out of his city ^ayearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in ^bShiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.

 4 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

 5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb.

 6 And her adversary also ^aprovoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.

 7 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the ^ahouse of the Lord, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

 8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

 9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a ^aseat by a post of the temple of the Lord.

 10 And she was in ^abitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.

 11 And she ^avowed a ^bvow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine ^chandmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no ^drazor come upon his head.

 12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli ^amarked her mouth.