12. As Hannah kept on praying to the Lord, Eli watched her lips.
13. She was praying in her heart. Her lips were moving. But she wasn't making a sound. Eli thought Hannah was drunk.
14. He said to her, "How long will you keep on getting drunk? Get rid of your wine."
15. "That's not true, sir," Hannah replied. "I'm a woman who is deeply troubled. I haven't been drinking wine or beer. I was telling the Lord all of my troubles.
16. Don't think of me as an evil woman. I've been praying here because I'm very sad. My pain is so great."
17. Eli answered, "Go in peace. May the God of Israel give you what you have asked him for."
18. She said, "May you be pleased with me." Then she left and had something to eat. Her face wasn't sad anymore.
19. Early the next morning Elkanah and his family got up. They worshiped the Lord. Then they went back to their home in Ramah. Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah. And the Lord showed concern for her.
20. After some time, Hannah became pregnant. She had a baby boy. She said, "I asked the Lord for him." So she named him Samuel.
21. Elkanah went up to Shiloh to offer the yearly sacrifice to the Lord. He also went there to keep a promise he had made. His whole family went with him.
22. But Hannah didn't go. She said to her husband, "When the boy doesn't need me to nurse him anymore, I'll take him to the Lord's house. I'll give him to the Lord there. He'll stay there for the rest of his life."