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18 And she said, “May your female slave find favor in your sight.” Then the woman went on her way and ate something, and her face did not look sad any longer.[a]

The Birth of Samuel

19 Then they rose early in the morning and worshiped before Yahweh and returned[b] to their house at Ramah. Then Elkanah had sexual relations with[c] Hannah his wife, and Yahweh remembered her. 20 In due time,[d] Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She called his name Samuel, for she said, “I requested him from Yahweh.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:18 Literally “her faces were not for her any longer”
  2. 1 Samuel 1:19 Literally “and they returned and went”
  3. 1 Samuel 1:19 Literally “knew”
  4. 1 Samuel 1:20 Literally “At the turning of the days”

18 And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.

19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her.

20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord.

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