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19 They got up early in the morning and worshipped the Lord. They then returned to their home at Ramah.

Elkanah was intimate with Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her. 20 So Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel[a] because she said, “I asked for him from the Lord.”

21 When this man Elkanah and his entire household went up to offer the annual sacrifice to the Lord and to fulfill his vow,

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:20 Samuel sounds like the Hebrew words heard by God.

19 Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the Lord and then went back to their home at Ramah.(A) Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered(B) her. 20 So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son.(C) She named(D) him Samuel,[a](E) saying, “Because I asked the Lord for him.”

Hannah Dedicates Samuel

21 When her husband Elkanah went up with all his family to offer the annual(F) sacrifice to the Lord and to fulfill his vow,(G)

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:20 Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for heard by God.