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.^(A)” Then she went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast.^(B)

²⁰ Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the Lord give you children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed^(A) for and gave to^[a] the Lord.” Then they would go home.