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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. 20 Now it happened [a]in due time that Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “(C)Because I have asked him of Yahweh.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:20 Lit at the circuit of the days

19 Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the Lord and then went back to their home at Ramah.(A) Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered(B) her. 20 So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son.(C) She named(D) him Samuel,[a](E) saying, “Because I asked the Lord for him.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:20 Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for heard by God.