1 Samuel 2:20-21
World English Bible
20 Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “May Yahweh give you offspring[a] from this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh.” Then they went to their own home. 21 Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.
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- 2:20 or, seed
1 Samuel 2:20-21
International Standard Version
20 Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say,[a] “May the Lord give[b] you descendants[c] from this woman in place of the one she dedicated[d] to the Lord.” Then they would return to their[e] home.[f]
21 The Lord took note of Hannah,[g] and she became pregnant and gave birth to[h] three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel continued to grow,[i] and the Lord was constantly[j] with him.
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- 1 Samuel 2:20 So MT; 4QSama reads wife, saying
- 1 Samuel 2:20 So MT; 4QSama read Lord repay you by giving
- 1 Samuel 2:20 Lit. seed
- 1 Samuel 2:20 So LXX and DSS; MT, he dedicated or asked
- 1 Samuel 2:20 So MT; 4QSama LXX read his
- 1 Samuel 2:20 Lit. place
- 1 Samuel 2:21 So MT; 4QSama LXX read Lord visited
- 1 Samuel 2:21 So MT; 4QSama LXX read she bore more children—
- 1 Samuel 2:21 So MT LXX; 4QSama reads grow there
- 1 Samuel 2:21 The Heb. lacks constantly
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