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 Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May the Lord repay[a] you with children by this woman for the loan that she made to[b] the Lord,” and then they would return to their home.(A)

21 And[c] the Lord took note of Hannah; she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord.(B)

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  1. 2.20 Q ms Gk: MT give
  2. 2.20 Q ms Gk: MT for the request that she asked of
  3. 2.21 Q ms Gk: MT When