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 And Eli (A)would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, “The Lord give you descendants from this woman for the [a]loan that was (B)given to the Lord.” Then they would go to their own home.

21 And the Lord (C)visited[b] Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile the child Samuel (D)grew before the Lord.

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  1. 1 Samuel 2:20 gift
  2. 1 Samuel 2:21 attended to