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19 His mother used to make for him a little robe and take it to him each year, when she went up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. 20 Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, ‘May the Lord repay[a] you with children by this woman for the gift that she made to[b] the Lord’; and then they would return to their home.

21 And[c] the Lord took note of Hannah; she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:20 Q Ms Gk: MT give
  2. 1 Samuel 2:20 Q Ms Gk: MT for the petition that she asked of
  3. 1 Samuel 2:21 Q Ms Gk: MT When

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