20 Then Eli would (A)bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May the Lord give you [a]children from this woman in place of [b]the one she (B)dedicated to the Lord.” And they went to their own [c]home.

21 (C)The Lord visited Hannah; and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And (D)the boy Samuel grew before the Lord.

Eli Rebukes His Sons

22 Now Eli was very old; and he heard (E)all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with (F)the women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:20 Lit seed
  2. 1 Samuel 2:20 Lit the one asked for which was lent
  3. 1 Samuel 2:20 Lit place