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18 And she said, (A)“Let your servant find favour in your eyes.” Then the woman (B)went on her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.

19 They rose early in the morning and worshipped before the Lord; then they went back to their house at (C)Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord (D)remembered her. 20 And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, “I have asked for him from the Lord.”[a]

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:20 Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for heard of God

18 She said, “May your servant find favor in your eyes.(A)” Then she went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast.(B)

19 Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the Lord and then went back to their home at Ramah.(C) Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered(D) her. 20 So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son.(E) She named(F) him Samuel,[a](G) saying, “Because I asked the Lord for him.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:20 Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for heard by God.