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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 They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord; then they went back to their house at (A)Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord (B)remembered her. 20 And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, “I have asked for him from the Lord.”[a]

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