¹⁸ And she said, “May your female slave find favor in your sight.” Then the woman went on her way and ate something, and her face did not look sad any longer.^[a]

The Birth of Samuel

¹⁹ Then they rose early in the morning and worshiped before Yahweh and returned^[b] to their house at Ramah. Then Elkanah had sexual relations with^[c] Hannah his wife, and Yahweh remembered her. ²⁰ In due time,^[d] Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She called his name Samuel, for she said, “I requested him from Yahweh.”