1 Samuel 1:20-22

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²⁰It came about in due time, after Hannah had conceived, that she gave birth to a son; she named him ^[a]Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the Lord.”

²¹Then the man Elkanah and all his household went up to offer to the Lord the ^[b]yearly sacrifice and pay his vow. ²²But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “I will not go up until the child is ^[c]weaned; and then I will bring him, so that he may appear before the Lord and remain there as long as he lives.”

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Footnotes

1 Samuel 1:20 The name possibly means “The Name [i.e. Yahweh, Lord] is God” or “His name is God,” but the etymology is uncertain.
1 Samuel 1:21 Lit sacrifice of days.
1 Samuel 1:22 At this time children were nursed until about age three. But it may be fair to say that Hannah also wanted to keep the boy as long as she reasonably could; giving up her only child—even for the best of purposes—must have been terribly difficult.