1 Samuel 1:18-20

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁸ Hannah said, “May you be happy with me.” Then she left and ate something. She was not sad anymore.

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.”