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1 Samuel 1:21

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And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:19

    And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her.

  2. 1 Samuel 1:20

    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.

  3. 1 Samuel 1:22

    But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord, and there abide for ever.

  4. 1 Samuel 1:23

    And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the Lord establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

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