¹³ Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, and her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli took her to be a drunken woman.

²⁶ Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For ^(A)we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but ^(B)the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

¹³ But others ^(A)mocking said, “They are filled with new wine.”

⁴² “I came today to the spring and said, ^(A)‘O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if now you ^(B)are prospering the way that I go, ⁴³ behold, I am standing ^(C)by the spring of water. Let the virgin who comes out to draw water, to whom I shall say, “Please give me a little water from your jar to drink,” ^44 (D)and who will say to me, “Drink, and I will draw for your camels also,” let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed for my master's son.’

⁴⁵ “Before I had finished ^(E)speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her water jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’

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^[a] Of David.

^7 (A)Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, ^(B)endures all things.

⁴ Then the king said to me, “What are you requesting?” So I prayed ^(A)to the God of heaven.