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20 Therefore it came to pass, when the time had come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bore a son and called his name Samuel [that is, Asked of God], saying, “Because I have asked him of the Lord.”

21 And the man Elkanah and all his house went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice and his vow.

22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, “I will not go up until the child is weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord and there abide for ever.”

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