1 Samuel 1:19-20
World English Bible
19 They rose up in the morning early and worshiped Yahweh, then returned and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Yahweh remembered her.
20 When the time had come, Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel,[a] saying, “Because I have asked him of Yahweh.”
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- 1:20 Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for “heard by God.”
1 Samuel 1:19-20
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Samuel’s Birth and Dedication
19 The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the Lord. Afterward, they returned home to Ramah.(A) Then Elkanah was intimate with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.(B) 20 After some time,[a] Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel,[b] because she said, “I requested him from the Lord.”
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- 1 Samuel 1:20 Lit In the turning of the days
- 1 Samuel 1:20 In Hb, the name Samuel sounds like the phrase “requested from God.”
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