1 Samuel 1:11

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

“Lord All-Powerful, I am your servant, but I am so miserable! Please let me have a son. I promise to give him to you for as long as he lives, and his hair will never be cut.”

Cross References

Numbers 6:5

The hair of a Nazirite is sacred to me, and as long as you are a Nazirite, you must never cut your hair.

Ecclesiastes 5:4

God doesn't like fools. So don't be slow to keep your promises to God.

Genesis 29:32

Leah gave birth to a son and named him Reuben. Then she said, “The Lord has taken away my sorrow. Now my husband will love me more than he does Rachel.”

Psalm 25:18

See my troubles and misery and forgive my sins.

1 Samuel 1:19

Elkanah and his family got up early the next morning and worshiped the Lord. Then they went back home to Ramah. Later the Lord blessed Elkanah and Hannah

Genesis 30:22

Finally, God remembered Rachel—he answered her prayer by giving her a son. “God has taken away my disgrace,” she said.

Judges 11:30

he promised the Lord, “If you will let me defeat the Ammonites

Genesis 28:20

Jacob solemnly promised God, “If you go with me and watch over me as I travel, and if you give me food and clothes

2 Samuel 16:12

But if the Lord hears these curses and sees the trouble I'm in, maybe he will have pity on me instead.

Numbers 21:2

The Israelites prayed, “Our Lord, if you will help us defeat these Canaanites, we will completely destroy their towns and everything in them, to show that they belong to you.”

Numbers 6:11

He will offer one of the birds as a sacrifice for sin and the other as a sacrifice to please me. You will then be forgiven for being too near a dead body, and your hair will again become sacred.

Exodus 4:31

and everyone believed. They bowed down and worshiped the Lord because they knew that he had seen their suffering and was going to help them.

Genesis 8:1

God did not forget about Noah and the animals with him in the boat. So God made a wind blow, and the water started going down.

1 Samuel 1:10

Hannah was heartbroken and was crying as she prayed,

1 Samuel 1:12

Hannah prayed silently to the Lord for a long time. But her lips were moving, and Eli thought she was drunk.

1 Samuel 1:22

But Hannah stayed home, because she had told Elkanah, “Samuel and I won't go until he's old enough for me to stop nursing him. Then I'll give him to the Lord, and he can stay there at Shiloh for the rest of his life.”

1 Samuel 1:27

to give me a child. Here he is! The Lord gave me just what I asked for.

1 Samuel 1:28

Now I am giving him to the Lord, and he will be the Lord's servant for as long as he lives.” Elkanah worshiped the Lord there at Shiloh, and

1 Samuel 2:20

Eli always blessed Elkanah and his wife and said, “Samuel was born in answer to your prayers. Now you have given him to the Lord. I pray that the Lord will bless you with more children to take his place.” After Eli had blessed them, Elkanah and Hannah would return home.

Proverbs 31:2

My son Lemuel, you were born in answer to my prayers, so listen carefully.

Leviticus 27:2

to say to the community of Israel: If you ever want to free someone who has been promised to me,