16. Don't think I am a worthless woman. I have been praying like this because I'm so miserable.”
17. “Go in peace,” Eli said, “and may the God of Israel give you what you have asked him for.”
18. “May you always think kindly of me,” she replied. Then she went away, ate some food, and was no longer sad.
19. The next morning Elkanah and his family got up early, and after worshipping the Lord, they went back home to Ramah. Elkanah had intercourse with his wife Hannah, and the Lord answered her prayer.
20. So it was that she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, and explained, “I asked the Lord for him.”
21. The time came again for Elkanah and his family to go to Shiloh and offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and the special sacrifice he had promised.