1 Samuel 1:11

Easy To Read Version

She made a special promise to God. She said, “Lord All-Powerful, see how very sad I am. Remember me! Don’t forget me. If you will give me a son, then I will give him to you. He will be a Nazirite: He will not drink wine or strong drink. [9] And no one will ever cut his hair. [10] ”

Cross References

Genesis 28:20

Then Jacob made a promise. He said, “If God will be with me, and if God will protect me on this trip, and if God gives me food to eat and clothes to wear,

Genesis 29:32

Leah gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben. [166] Leah named him this because she said, “The Lord has seen my troubles. My husband doesn’t love me. So now maybe my husband will love me.”

Genesis 30:22

Then God heard Rachel’s prayer. God made it possible for Rachel to have children.

Genesis 8:1

But God did not forget about Noah. God remembered Noah and all the animals that were with him in the boat. God made a wind blow over the earth. And all the water began to disappear.

2 Samuel 16:12

Maybe the Lord will see the wrong things that are happening to me. Then maybe the Lord will give me something good for every bad thing that Shimei says today.”

Psalm 25:18

Lord, look at my trials and troubles.\par Forgive me for all the sins I have done.\par

Exodus 4:31

The people believed that God had sent Moses. The people of Israel knew that God had seen their troubles, and that he had come to help them. So they bowed down and worshiped God.

Proverbs 31:2

You are my son. The son that I love. You are the son that I prayed to have.

Ecclesiastes 5:4

If you make a promise to God, then keep your promise. Don’t be slow to do the thing you promised. God is not happy with foolish people. Give God what you promised to give him.

Leviticus 27:2

“Tell the people of Israel: A person might make a special promise to the Lord. That person might promise to give a person to the Lord. {That person will then serve the Lord in a special way.} The priest must set a price for that person. {People will have to pay that price if they want to buy the person back from the Lord.}

Numbers 21:2

Then the people of Israel made a special promise to the Lord: “Lord, please help us defeat these people. If you do this, then we will give their cities to you. We will totally destroy them.”

Numbers 6:11

Then the priest will offer one as a sin offering. He will offer the other as a burnt offering. The burnt offering will be a payment for the Nazirite’s sin. (He sinned because he was near a dead body.) At that time, the person will again promise to give the hair on his head as a gift to God.

Numbers 6:5

“That person must not cut his hair during that special time of separation. He must be holy until the time that his separation is ended. He must let his hair grow long. That person’s hair is a special part of his promise to God. {He will give that hair as a gift to God.} So, that person must let his hair grow long until the time of separation is ended.

Numbers 6:8

During the whole time of his separation, he is giving himself fully to the Lord.

Judges 11:30

Jephthah made a promise to the Lord. He said, “If you will let me defeat the Ammonite people,

Judges 13:5

Why? Because you are pregnant, and you will have a son. He will be dedicated to God in a special way: He will be a Nazirite. [102] So you must never cut his hair. He will be God’s special person from before he is born. He will save the people of Israel from the power of the Philistine people.”

1 Samuel 1:10

Hannah was very sad. She cried very much while she prayed to the Lord.

1 Samuel 1:12

Hannah prayed to the Lord a long time. Eli was watching Hannah’s mouth while she was praying.

1 Samuel 1:19

Early the next morning Elkanah’s family got up. They worshiped the Lord and then went back home to Ramah.

1 Samuel 1:22

But Hannah did not go. She told Elkanah, “When the boy is old enough to eat solid food, I will take him to Shiloh. Then I will give him to the Lord. He will become a Nazirite. [12] [13] He will stay there at Shiloh.

1 Samuel 1:27

I prayed for this child, and the Lord answered my prayer. The Lord gave me this child.

1 Samuel 1:28

And now I give this child to the Lord. He will serve [16] the Lord all his life.”

1 Samuel 2:20

Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife. Eli would say, “May the Lord give you more children through Hannah. These children will take the place of the boy Hannah prayed for and gave to the Lord.”