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1 Samuel 1:20
Good News Translation
1 Samuel 1:20
Good News Translation
20 So it was that she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel,[a] and explained, “I asked the Lord for him.”
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- 1 Samuel 1:20 This name, which in Hebrew means “name of God,” is here related to the Hebrew verb for “ask.”
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