20 Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the Lord give you children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed(A) for and gave to[a] the Lord.” Then they would go home.

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  1. 1 Samuel 2:20 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text and asked from

20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The Lord give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the Lord. And they went unto their own home.

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20 And Eli (A)would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, “The Lord give you descendants from this woman for the [a]loan that was (B)given to the Lord.” Then they would go to their own home.

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  1. 1 Samuel 2:20 gift

19 but God has surely listened
    and has heard(A) my prayer.
20 Praise be to God,
    who has not rejected(B) my prayer
    or withheld his love from me!

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19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

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19 But certainly God (A)has heard me;
He has attended to the voice of my prayer.

20 Blessed be God,
Who has not turned away my prayer,
Nor His mercy from me!

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