20 So it came to pass in the process of time that Hannah conceived and bore a son, and called his name [a]Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the Lord.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:20 Lit. Heard by God

20 So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son.(A) She named(B) him Samuel,[a](C) saying, “Because I asked the Lord for him.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:20 Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for heard by God.