World English Bible
1 Samuel 1:16
“Don't count your handmaid for a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 1
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Eli said to her, "How long will you be drunken? Put away your wine from you.
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Hannah answered, "No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Yahweh.
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Don't count your handmaid for a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation.
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Then Eli answered, "Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.
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She said, "Let your handmaid find favor in your sight." So the woman went her way, and ate; and her facial expression wasn't sad any more.
About 1 Samuel
The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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