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16 Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation.”

17 Then Eli answered, “Go in peace; and may the God[a] of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.”

18 She said, “Let your servant find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and ate; and her facial expression wasn’t sad any more.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:17 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).

16 Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.”(A)

17 Eli answered, “Go in peace,(B) and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him.(C)

18 She said, “May your servant find favor in your eyes.(D)” Then she went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast.(E)

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