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NASB | 1 Samuel 1:11 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 Your maidservant a son, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and a razor shall never come on his head." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Samuel 1:11 She made a vow, saying, "O LORD of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction (suffering) of Your maidservant and remember, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a son, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life; a razor shall never touch his head." |
Bible Question: I have spent a lot of time recently reading the story of Hannah. I have read her prayer for Samuel, and I have read her song from when she delivered Samuel to Eli. I don't believe that Hannah made a "deal" with God, but the wording of her prayer gave me that idea at first. I have spent a lot of time reading the books that precede this story in an attempt to understand what her spiritual heritage would have been, hoping to understand what she meant, not what I read in a translation of a text written down long after the fact. I need some perspective on this. Who can help? |
Bible Answer: Katherine, I think it was more a vow made in prayer than a deal. Hannah's situation was in some ways similar to that of Rachel in Genesis 29:31-30:24. It is also interesting to compare Hannah's song of paise in 1 Samuel 2 to Mary's song of praise in Luke 1:46-55. Emmaus |
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