²¹ And when I rose in the morning to nurse my son, there he was, dead. But when I had examined him in the morning, indeed, he was not my son whom I had borne.”

⁷ She also said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? ^(A)For I have borne him a son in his old age.”

²³ So ^(A)Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems best to you; wait until you have weaned him. Only let the Lord ^[a]establish ^[b]His word.” Then the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.