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1 Samuel 1:20
New International Version
1 Samuel 1:20
New International Version
20 So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son.(A) She named(B) him Samuel,[a](C) saying, “Because I asked the Lord for him.”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 1:20 Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for heard by God.
1 Samuel 1:20
King James Version
1 Samuel 1:20
King James Version
20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord.
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1 Samuel 1:26-28
New International Version
1 Samuel 1:26-28
New International Version
26 and she said to him, “Pardon me, my lord. As surely as you live, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord. 27 I prayed(A) for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him. 28 So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life(B) he will be given over to the Lord.” And he worshiped the Lord there.
1 Samuel 1:26-28
King James Version
1 Samuel 1:26-28
King James Version
26 And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord.
27 For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
28 Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord. And he worshipped the Lord there.
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