“ O Jehovah of armies, ” she begs, “if you will without fail look upon the affliction of your slave girl and actually remember me, and you will not forget your slave girl and actually give to your slave girl a male offspring, I will give him to Jehovah all the days of his life, and no razor will come upon his head. ” ​ — 1 Samuel 1: 11.
„ Vägede Jehoova, ” anus ta, „kui sa tõesti vaatad oma ümmardaja viletsusele ja mõtled minule ega unusta oma ümmardajat, vaid annad oma ümmardajale meessoost järglase, siis ma annan tema Jehoovale kogu ta eluajaks ja habemenuga ei puuduta ta pead! ”.