6 And her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb. 7 So it went on year by year. As often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat.
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."
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