10 She was Job 7:11;10:1deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly. 11 And she Gen. 28:20;Judg. 11:30vowed a vow and said, "O Lord of hosts, if you will indeed Gen. 29:32look on the affliction of your servant and ver. 19;[Gen. 30:22] remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, Judg. 13:5;[Num. 6:5]and no razor shall touch his head."
15 But Hannah answered, "No, my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but Job 30:16;Ps. 42:4;Lam. 2:19;[Ps. 62:8]I have been pouring out my soul before the Lord. 18 And she said, Gen. 33:15;Ruth 2:13"Let your servant find favor in your eyes." Then the woman [Eccles. 9:7]went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.
20 And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, "I have asked for him from the Lord."1:20 Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for heard of God