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Pouring out her soul
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1 Samuel 1:15-16

Pouring out her soul

Hannah and Samuel · 1 Samuel 1

Story guide: Hannah answers Eli, explaining her silent prayer comes from deep grief, not drunkenness. Her face and the shrine's setting are not described in the text.

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15But Hannah answered and said, “No, my lord. I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before Yahweh.”

16Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for out of the abundance of my complaint and my vexation I have spoken until now.

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