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1 Samuel 1:18-20
Modern English Version
1 Samuel 1:18-20
Modern English Version
18 And she said, “Let your handmaid find grace in your sight.” So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was not sad as before.
19 They rose up in the morning early and worshipped before the Lord. And they returned and came to their house to Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her. 20 And it came to pass that Hannah conceived and bore a son. And she called his name Samuel saying, “Because I have asked him of the Lord.”
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1 Samuel 1:18-20
New International Version
1 Samuel 1:18-20
New International Version
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.”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 1:20 Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for heard by God.
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