1 Samuel 1:19-20
New Living Translation
Samuel’s Birth and Dedication
19 The entire family got up early the next morning and went to worship the Lord once more. Then they returned home to Ramah. When Elkanah slept with Hannah, the Lord remembered her plea, 20 and in due time she gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel,[a] for she said, “I asked the Lord for him.”
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- 1:20 Samuel sounds like the Hebrew term for “asked of God” or “heard by God.”
1 Samuel 1:19-20
International Standard Version
19 They got up early the next morning and worshipped in the Lord’s presence, and then they returned and came to their house at Ramah. Elkanah had marital relations with[a] his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her. 20 By the time of the next year’s sacrifice,[b] Hannah had become pregnant and had borne a son. She named him Samuel[c] because she said,[d] “I asked the Lord for him.”
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- 1 Samuel 1:19 Lit. Elkanah knew
- 1 Samuel 1:20 Or in due time
- 1 Samuel 1:20 The Heb. name Samuel means God has heard
- 1 Samuel 1:20 The Heb. lacks she said
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