4. When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters.
5. But to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved Hannah, but the Lord had closed her womb.
6. Now her rival provoked her greatly, making her miserable because the Lord had closed her womb.
7. Thus it was yearly, when she went up to the house of the Lord, that she provoked her. So Hannah wept and did not eat.
8. Then said Elkanah her husband to her, “Hannah, why are you weeping? And why do you not eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
9. So Hannah arose after they had eaten in Shiloh and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a seat by the door of the tabernacle of the Lord.
10. And she was bitter, and prayed to the Lord, and wept severely.
11. So she made a vow and said, “O Lord of Hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant, and remember me and not forget Your maidservant, but will give to Your maidservant a baby boy, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head.”
12. And as she was praying before the Lord, Eli watched her mouth.