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The Birth of Samuel

19 Then they rose early in the morning and worshiped before Yahweh and returned[a] to their house at Ramah. Then Elkanah had sexual relations with[b] Hannah his wife, and Yahweh remembered her. 20 In due time,[c] Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She called his name Samuel, for she said, “I requested him from Yahweh.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:19 Literally “and they returned and went”
  2. 1 Samuel 1:19 Literally “knew”
  3. 1 Samuel 1:20 Literally “At the turning of the days”

19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before Jehovah, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Jehovah remembered her; 20 and it came to pass, when the time was come about, that Hannah conceived, and bare a son; and she called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of Jehovah.

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