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1 Samuel 1 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:1 - There was a man of Armathaim Sipha, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Helkana, a son of Jeremeel the son of Elias the son of Thoke, in Nasib Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:2 - And he had two wives; the name of the one was Anna, and the name of the second Phennana. And Phennana had children, but Anna had no child.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:3 - And the man went up [fn]from year to year from his city, from Armathaim, to worship and sacrifice to the Lord God of Sabaoth at Selom: and there were Heli and his two sons Ophni and Phinees, the priests of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:4 - And the day came, and Helkana sacrificed, and gave portions to his wife Phennana and her children.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:5 - And to Anna he gave [fn]a prime portion, because she had no child, only Helkana loved Anna more than the other; but the Lord had closed her womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6 - For the Lord gave her no child in her affliction, and according to the despondency of her affliction; and she was dispirited on this account, that the Lord shut up her womb so as not to give her a child.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:7 - So she did year by year, in going up to the house of the Lord; and she was dispirited, and wept, and did not eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:8 - And Helkana her husband said to her, Anna: and she said to him, Here am I, my lord: and he said to her, What ails thee that thou weepest? and why dost thou not eat? and why does thy heart smite thee? am I not better to thee than ten children?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:9 - And Anna rose up after they had eaten in Selom, and stood before the Lord: and Heli the priest was on a seat by the [fn]threshold of the temple of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:10 - And she was very much grieved in spirit, and prayed to the Lord, and wept abundantly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:11 - And she vowed a vow to the Lord, saying, O Lord God of Sabaoth, if thou wilt indeed look upon the humiliation of thine handmaid, and remember me, and give to thine handmaid a [fn]man-child, then will I indeed dedicate him to thee till the day of his death; and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink, and no [fn]razor shall come upon his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:12 - And it came to pass, while she was long praying before the Lord, that Heli the priest marked her mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:13 - And she was speaking in her heart, and her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: and Heli accounted her a drunken woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:14 - And the servant of Heli said to her, How long wilt thou be drunken? take away thy wine from thee, and go out from the presence of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:15 - And Anna answered and said, Nay, my lord, I live [fn]in a hard day, and I have not drunk wine or strong drink, and I pour out my soul before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:16 - [fn]Count not thy handmaid for a pestilent woman, for by reason of the abundance of my importunity I have continued my prayer until now.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:17 - And Heli answered and said to her, Go in peace: the God of Israel give thee all thy petition, which thou hast asked of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:18 - And she said, Thine handmaid has found favour in thine eyes: and the woman went her way, and entered into her lodging, and ate and drank with her husband, and her countenance was no more sad.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:19 - And they rise early in the morning, and worship the Lord, and they go their way: and Helkana went into his house at Armathaim, and knew his wife Anna; and the Lord remembered her, and she conceived.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:20 - And it came to pass [fn]when the time was come, that she brought forth a son, and called his name Samuel, and said, Because I asked him of the Lord God of Sabaoth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:21 - And the man Helkana and all his house went up to offer in Selom the yearly sacrifice, and his vows, and all the tithes of his land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:22 - But Anna did not go up with him, for she said to her husband, I will not go up until the child goes up, when I have weaned him, and he shall be presented before the Lord, and he shall abide there continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:23 - And Helkana her husband said to her, Do that which is good in thine eyes, abide still until thou shalt have weaned him; but may the Lord establish that which comes out of thy mouth: and the woman tarried, and suckled her son until she had weaned him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:24 - And she went up with him to Selom with a calf [fn]of three years old, and loaves, and an ephah of fine flour, and a bottle of wine: and she entered into the house of the Lord in Selom, and the child with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:25 - And they brought him before the Lord; and his father slew his offering which he offered from year to year to the Lord; and he brought near the child, and slew the calf; and Anna the mother of the child brought him to Heli.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:26 - And she said, I pray thee, my lord, as thy soul liveth, I am the woman that stood in thy presence with thee while praying to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:27 - For this child I prayed; and the Lord has given me my request that I asked of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:28 - And I lend him to the Lord all his days that he lives, a loan to the Lord: and she said,
BES Footnotes
Gr. from days to days.
Gr. one portion.
Gr. lintels.
Gr. seed of men.
Gr. iron.
Comp. ἐν σκληρᾳ ἡμέρᾳ.
Gr. give not.
Gr. in the season of days.
Or, in its third year.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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