8. So Elkanah asked, “Hannah, why are you crying? Why won't you eat? Why do you feel so bad? Don't I mean more to you than ten sons?”
9. When the sacrifice had been offered, and they had eaten the meal, Hannah got up and went to pray. Eli was sitting in his chair near the door to the place of worship.
10. Hannah was brokenhearted and was crying as she prayed,
11. “Lord All-Powerful, I am your servant, but I am so miserable! Please let me have a son. I will give him to you for as long as he lives, and his hair will never be cut.”
14. “How long are you going to stay drunk?” he asked. “Sober up!”
17. Eli replied, “You may go home now and stop worrying. I'm sure the God of Israel will answer your prayer.”
18. “Sir, thank you for being so kind to me,” Hannah said. Then she left, and after eating something, she felt much better.
19. Elkanah and his family got up early the next morning and worshipped the Lord. Then they went back home to Ramah. Later the Lord blessed Elkanah and Hannah
20. with a son. She named him Samuel because she had asked the Lord for him.