For example, Hannah, the mother of the prophet Samuel, “went on to make a vow and say: ‘ O Jehovah of armies, if... 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. ’ ”
Ja Tu laipnīgi noraudzītos uz savas kalpones bēdām, un ja Tu mani atcerētos, un Tu arī neaizmirstu savu kalponi un piešķirtu savai kalponei dēlu, tad es to novēlētu uz visu viņa mūža laiku tam Kungam, un dzenamais nazis nenāktu pār viņa galvu. ” ” ( 1. Samuēla 1: 11.)