Samuel Is Born to Hannah

19 Then they got up early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord, and returned again to their house in (A)Ramah. And Elkanah [a]had relations with Hannah his wife, and (B)the Lord remembered her. 20 It came about [b]in due time, after Hannah had conceived, that she gave birth to a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “(C)Because I have asked for him of the Lord.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:19 Lit knew Hannah
  2. 1 Samuel 1:20 Lit at the circuit of the days

The Birth of Samuel

19 Then they rose early in the morning and worshiped before Yahweh and returned[a] to their house at Ramah. Then Elkanah had sexual relations with[b] Hannah his wife, and Yahweh remembered her. 20 In due time,[c] 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 1:19 Literally “and they returned and went”
  2. 1 Samuel 1:19 Literally “knew”
  3. 1 Samuel 1:20 Literally “At the turning of the days”