1 Samuel 1:19-20
World English Bible
19 They rose up in the morning early and worshiped Yahweh, then returned and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Yahweh remembered her.
20 When the time had come, Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel,[a] saying, “Because I have asked him of Yahweh.”
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- 1:20 Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for “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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