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1 Samuel 1:21-23
International Standard Version
1 Samuel 1:21-23
International Standard Version
Hannah Dedicates Samuel to the Lord
21 Then Elkanah went up with all his family to offer the yearly sacrifice to the Lord and pay his vow. 22 Hannah did not go up because she had told her husband, “As soon as the child is weaned, I’ll take him to appear in the Lord’s presence and remain there[a] forever.”[b]
23 “Do what you want,”[c] Elkanah told her. “Stay until you have weaned him, only may the Lord bring about what you’ve said.”[d] So Hannah[e] stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
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- 1 Samuel 1:22 So MT; 4QSama reads before there
- 1 Samuel 1:22 So MT LXX; 4QSama reads there, and I’ll dedicate him as a Nazirite forever, all his days
- 1 Samuel 1:23 Lit. is good in your eye
- 1 Samuel 1:23 So LXX and DSS; lit. about what comes out of your mouth; MT reads about his word
- 1 Samuel 1:23 Lit. So the woman
1 Samuel 1:21-23
New International Version
1 Samuel 1:21-23
New International Version
Hannah Dedicates Samuel
21 When her husband Elkanah went up with all his family to offer the annual(A) sacrifice to the Lord and to fulfill his vow,(B) 22 Hannah did not go. She said to her husband, “After the boy is weaned, I will take him and present(C) him before the Lord, and he will live there always.”[a]
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(D) his[b] word.” So the woman stayed at home and nursed her son until she had weaned(E) him.
Footnotes
- 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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