Samuel Is Born to Hannah

¹⁹ Then they got up early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord, and returned again to their house in ^(A)Ramah. And Elkanah ^[a]had relations with Hannah his wife, and ^(B)the Lord remembered her. ²⁰ It came about ^[b]in due time, after Hannah had conceived, that she gave birth to a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “^(C)Because I have asked for him of the Lord.”

²¹ Then the man Elkanah ^(D)went up with all his household 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, “I will not go until the child is weaned; then I will ^(E)bring him, so that he may appear before the Lord and ^(F)stay there for life.” ^23 (G)Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do ^[c]what seems best to you. Stay until you have weaned him; only ^(H)may the Lord confirm His word.” So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she weaned him. ²⁴ Now when she had weaned him, ^(I)she took him up with her, with a three-year-old bull, one ephah of flour, and a jug of wine, and brought him to ^(J)the house of the Lord in Shiloh, although the child was young. ²⁵ Then ^(K)they ^[d]slaughtered the bull, and ^(L)brought the boy to Eli. ²⁶ And she said, “Pardon me, my lord! ^(M)As your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you, praying to the Lord. ^27 (N)For this boy I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my request which I asked of Him. ^28 (O)So I have also ^[e]dedicated him to the Lord; as long as he lives he is ^[f]dedicated to the Lord.” And ^(P)he worshiped the Lord there.