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1 Samuel 1:17-23
English Standard Version
1 Samuel 1:17-23
English Standard Version
17 Then Eli answered, (A)“Go in peace, and the God of Israel (B)grant your petition that you have made to him.” 18 And she said, (C)“Let your servant find favor in your eyes.” Then the woman (D)went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.
19 They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord; then they went back to their house at (E)Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord (F)remembered her. 20 And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, “I have asked for him from the Lord.”[a]
Samuel Given to the Lord
21 The man Elkanah and all his house (G)went up to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and to pay his vow. 22 But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “As soon as the child is weaned, I will bring him, so that he may appear in the presence of the Lord (H)and dwell there forever.” 23 (I)Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems best to you; wait until you have weaned him; (J)only, may the Lord establish his word.” So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.
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- 1 Samuel 1:20 Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for heard of God
1 Samuel 1:17-23
New International Version
1 Samuel 1:17-23
New International Version
17 Eli answered, “Go in peace,(A) and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him.(B)”
18 She said, “May your servant find favor in your eyes.(C)” Then she went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast.(D)
19 Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the Lord and then went back to their home at Ramah.(E) Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered(F) her. 20 So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son.(G) She named(H) him Samuel,[a](I) 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(J) sacrifice to the Lord and to fulfill his vow,(K) 22 Hannah did not go. She said to her husband, “After the boy is weaned, I will take him and present(L) him before the Lord, and he will live there always.”[b]
23 “Do what seems best to you,” her husband Elkanah told her. “Stay here until you have weaned him; only may the Lord make good(M) his[c] word.” So the woman stayed at home and nursed her son until she had weaned(N) him.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 1:20 Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for heard by God.
- 1 Samuel 1:22 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls always. I have dedicated him as a Nazirite—all the days of his life.”
- 1 Samuel 1:23 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac your
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