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1 Samuel 1:16

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16 No tengas a tu sierva por mujer indigna; porque hasta ahora he orado a causa de mi gran congoja y aflicción.

1 Samuel 1:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 1:16

Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial
A yokeless, a lawless, impudent, and abandoned creature; one of the most wicked, vilest, and most profligate wretches; as she must be to come drunk into the sanctuary of God; see ( 1 Samuel 25:17 1 Samuel 25:25 ) . Drunkenness in man is au abominable crime, but much more in a woman. The Romans F1 forbad wine to women, and drunkenness in them was a capital crime, as adultery, or any other; and indeed a drunken woman is liable to all manner of sin:

for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken
hitherto;
out of the abundance of the heart the mouth will speak, whether it is matter of trouble or of joy; the heart of Hannah was full of grief, and her mouth full of complaints, on which she long dwelt, in order to give vent thereunto, and ease herself.


FOOTNOTES:

F1 Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 14. c. 13.
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1 Samuel 1:16 In-Context

14 Entonces Elí le dijo: ¿Hasta cuándo estarás embriagada? Echa de ti tu vino.
15 Pero Ana respondió y dijo: No, señor mío, soy una mujer angustiada en espíritu; no he bebido vino ni licor, sino que he derramado mi alma delante del SEÑOR.
16 No tengas a tu sierva por mujer indigna; porque hasta ahora he orado a causa de mi gran congoja y aflicción.
17 Respondió Elí y dijo: Ve en paz; y que el Dios de Israel te conceda la petición que le has hecho.
18 Y ella dijo: Halle tu sierva gracia ante tus ojos. Y la mujer se puso en camino, comió y ya no estaba triste su semblante.
Scripture taken from La Biblia de las Américas® (LBLA®), Copyright © 1986, 1995, 1997 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. https://www.LBLA.com

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