1 Samuel 1:17
in 1 Samuel 1“Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace; and the God of Israel grant thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
KJV
Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 1
Commentary
7 notes on this verseGrant thee thy petition - He was satisfied he had formed a wrong judgment, and by it had added to the distress of one already sufficiently distressed. The fact that Eli supposed her to be drunken, and the other of the conduct of Eli’s sons already mentioned, prove that religion was at this time at a very low ebb in Shiloh; for it seems drunken women did come to the place, and lewd women were to be found there.
This site's exposition
the God of Israel grant thee thy petition
on 1 Samuel 1:17-18
Eli's blessing, go in peace, and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition, is spoken without any word yet of what the petition was, and Hannah receives it as answered before she has any child to show for it. Her countenance was no more sad marks the turn of the whole chapter, not because her circumstances had changed but because she believed a word spoken over her. The older writers read this verse as the model of a faith that rests before it sees.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
Then Eli said to her: Go in peace, etc. He who previously noted her for drunkenness, now having received the sanctification of her deed, blesses; and the envious chief priests, mocking the salutary beginnings of the Church, scorned them as similar to those of drunkards. …
A commentator
Gregory the DialogistCommentary on 1 Kings, Book 1, Chapter 1 · Written before 604.
proposed
35. For Eli first contradicted Hannah while she was praying by uttering insults, but afterward he took pleasure in her devotion to him. What is this, except that the Jewish priesthood both opposed the preaching Church through some ministers of its office, and through others finally consented to the recognized truth of our faith? For concerning those who opposed, it is said that they flogged the apostles and commanded them not to speak any further in the name of Jesus (Acts 5:40).
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Then Eli answered and said, go in peace,....
Note, By our meek and humble carriage towards those that reproach us because they do not know us, we may perhaps make them our friends, and turn their censures of us into prayers for us.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
This mistaken impression was immediately removed, and, in the words, "God grant," or rather, "will grant," was followed by an invocation which, as Hannah regarded it in the light of a prophecy pointing to the accomplishment of her earnest desire, dispelled her sadness, and filled her with confident hope [1Sa 1:18].
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֧עַן | vaiyaan | and he answered | H6030 → | 331 times |
| עֵלִ֛י | ʾeli | Eli | H5941 → | 33 times |
| וַיֹּ֖אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לְכִ֣י | lekhi | go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| לְשָׁל֑וֹם | leshalom | to peace | H7965 → | 236 times |
| וֵאלֹהֵ֣י | velohei | and [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| יִתֵּן֙ | yiten | may he grant | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שֵׁ֣לָתֵ֔ךְ | shelatekh | petition your | H7596 → | 14 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שָׁאַ֖לְתְּ | shaalt | you have asked | H7592 → | 171 times |
| מֵעִמּֽוֹ׃ | meimo | from with <the> him | H5973 → | 1050 times |
וַיַּ֧עַןand he answered
vaiyaanH6030 →331 times
עֵלִ֛יEli
ʾeliH5941 →33 times
וַיֹּ֖אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
לְכִ֣יgo
lekhiH1980 →1546 times
לְשָׁל֑וֹםto peace
leshalomH7965 →236 times
וֵאלֹהֵ֣יand [the] God of
veloheiH430 →2601 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
יִתֵּן֙may he grant
yitenH5414 →2011 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שֵׁ֣לָתֵ֔ךְpetition your
shelatekhH7596 →14 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
שָׁאַ֖לְתְּyou have asked
shaaltH7592 →171 times
מֵעִמּֽוֹ׃from with <the> him
meimoH5973 →1050 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Mark 5:34“Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be free of your affliction.”
it leads to
- Luke 8:48
“Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 9:22
Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was cured from that very hour.
- Luke 7:50
And Jesus told the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
- Luke 18:42
“Receive your sight!” Jesus replied. “Your faith has healed you.”
- Mark 5:29
Immediately her bleeding stopped, and she sensed in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
- Luke 8:48
Through
1 Samuel 25:35Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and he said to her, “Go home in peace. See, I have heeded your voice and granted your request.”
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 20:42
And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between…
- Genesis 19:21
“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.
- 2 Kings 5:19
“Go in peace,” said Elisha. But after Naaman had traveled a short distance,
- 1 Samuel 20:42
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Samuel; Gregory the Dialogist, Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 1, Chapter 1; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and W. G. Blaikie, The First Book of Samuel (Expositor's Bible).