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25 They slaughtered the bull and brought the boy[a] to Eli.

26 Hannah[b] said, “Sir,[c] as surely as you are alive, I’m the woman who stood before you here praying to the Lord. 27 I prayed for this boy, and the Lord granted me the request I asked of him.

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:25 So MT; Cf. 4QSama; LXX reads was with them. When they brought him into the presence of the Lord, his father slaughtered the sacrifice, as he did annually for the Lord. Then he brought the child, 25 and he slaughtered the calf. And Hannah his mother brought him
  2. 1 Samuel 1:26 Lit. she
  3. 1 Samuel 1:26 Lit. My lord