20 Then Eli would (A)bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, “May the Lord give you [a]children from this woman in place of the [b]one she (B)requested of the Lord.” And they went to their own [c]home.

21 [d](C)The Lord indeed visited Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And (D)the boy Samuel grew up [e]before the Lord.

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  1. 1 Samuel 2:20 Lit seed
  2. 1 Samuel 2:20 Lit request
  3. 1 Samuel 2:20 Lit place
  4. 1 Samuel 2:21 Or When the Lord visited...then she; DSS And the Lord visited
  5. 1 Samuel 2:21 Lit with

20 Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife:(A) “May the Lord give you children by this woman in place of the one she[a] has given to the Lord.”(B) Then they would go home.

21 The Lord paid attention to Hannah’s need,(C) and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord.(D)

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  1. 1 Samuel 2:20 DSS; MT reads he