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1 Samuel 1:19-21
New International Version - UK
1 Samuel 1:19-21
New International Version - UK
19 Early the next morning they arose and worshipped before the Lord and then went back to their home at Ramah. Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her. 20 So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel,[a] saying, ‘Because I asked the Lord for him.’
Hannah dedicates Samuel
21 When her husband Elkanah went up with all his family to offer the annual sacrifice to the Lord and to fulfil his vow,
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- 1 Samuel 1:20 Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for heard by God.
New International Version - UK (NIVUK)
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