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1 Samuel 1:19-21
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1 Samuel 1:19-21
Easy-to-Read Version
19 Early the next morning Elkanah’s family got up. They worshiped the Lord and then went back home to Ramah.
Samuel’s Birth
Elkanah had sexual relations with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered Hannah. 20 By that time the following year, Hannah had become pregnant and had a son. She named him Samuel.[a] She said, “His name is Samuel because I asked the Lord for him.”
21 Elkanah went to Shiloh to offer the sacrifice for that year and the gift he had promised to the Lord. He took his family with him.
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- 1 Samuel 1:20 Samuel This name means “His name is El (God).” But in Hebrew it is like “heard by God.”
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