1 Samuel 1:17

Then Eli said to her, Go in peace: and may the God of Israel give you an answer to the prayer you have made to him.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.

In Context

16Do not take your servant to be a good-for-nothing woman: for my words have come from my stored-up sorrow and pain.

18And she said, May your servant have grace in your eyes. So the woman went away, and took part in the feast, and her face was no longer sad.

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Cross References

Judges 18:6And the priest said to them, Go in peace: your way is guided by the Lord.

1 Samuel 25:35Then David took from her hands her offering: and he said to her, Go back to your house in peace; see, I have given ear to your voice, and taken your offering with respect.

2 Samuel 15:9And the king said to him, Go in peace. So he got up and went to Hebron.

1 Chronicles 4:10And Jabez made a prayer to the God of Israel, saying, If only you would truly give me a blessing, and make wider the limits of my land, and let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil, so that I may not be troubled by it! And God gave him his desire.

Psalms 20:5\20:4\May he give you your heart's desire, and put all your purposes into effect.

Luke 7:50And he said to the woman, By your faith you have salvation; go in peace.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 1:10-19

Hannah's Prayer. ( b. c. 1140.) 9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the Lord . 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord , and wept sore. 11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days… Read the whole commentary →

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