8. Her husband Elkanah would ask her, “Hannah, why are you crying? Why won't you eat? Why are you always so sad? Don't I mean more to you than ten sons?”
11. Hannah made a solemn promise: “Almighty Lord, look at me, your servant! See my trouble and remember me! Don't forget me! If you give me a son, I promise that I will dedicate him to you for his whole life and that he will never have his hair cut.” (see Num 6.5).
12. Hannah continued to pray to the Lord for a long time, and Eli watched her lips.
13. She was praying silently; her lips were moving, but she made no sound. So Eli thought that she was drunk,
14. and said to her, “Stop making a drunken show of yourself! Stop your drinking and sober up!”