Elkanah and His Wives

1 Now there was a certain man from ^(A)Ramathaim-zophim from the ^(B)hill country of Ephraim, and his name was ^(C)Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

⁴ And the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, and he ^(A)would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters;

⁸ Then Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep and why do you not eat and why is your heart sad? ^(A)Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

The Birth of Samuel

¹⁹ Then they arose early in the morning and worshiped before Yahweh and turned back and came to their house in ^(A)Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and ^(B)Yahweh remembered her.

²¹ Then the man Elkanah ^(A)went up with all his household to offer to Yahweh the yearly sacrifice and pay his vow.

^23 (A)And Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what is good in your eyes. Remain until you have weaned him; only ^(B)may Yahweh establish His word.” So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.

¹¹ Then Elkanah went to his home at ^(A)Ramah. ^(B)But the young boy ministered to Yahweh before Eli the priest.

²⁰ Then Eli would ^(A)bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May Yahweh establish for you a seed from this woman in place of ^[a]the one she ^(B)dedicated to Yahweh.” And they went to their own ^[b]home.