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18 She said, “Let your servant[a] find favor in your eyes.” Then she[b] went on her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.[c]

19 They got up early the next morning and worshipped in the Lord’s presence, and then they returned and came to their house at Ramah. Elkanah had marital relations with[d] his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her. 20 By the time of the next year’s sacrifice,[e] Hannah had become pregnant and had borne a son. She named him Samuel[f] because she said,[g] “I asked the Lord for him.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:18 Lit. maid servant
  2. 1 Samuel 1:18 Lit. Then the woman
  3. 1 Samuel 1:18 So LXX; The meaning of MT is uncertain.
  4. 1 Samuel 1:19 Lit. Elkanah knew
  5. 1 Samuel 1:20 Or in due time
  6. 1 Samuel 1:20 The Heb. name Samuel means God has heard
  7. 1 Samuel 1:20 The Heb. lacks she said