22 Hannah did not go and explained to her husband, “After the child is weaned, I’ll take him to appear in the Lord’s presence(A) and to stay there permanently.”(B)

23 Her husband, Elkanah, replied, “Do what you think is best,(C) and stay here until you’ve weaned him. May the Lord confirm your[a] word.”(D) So Hannah stayed there and nursed her son until she weaned him. 24 When she had weaned him, she took him with her to Shiloh, as well as a three-year-old bull,[b] half a bushel[c] of flour, and a clay jar of wine.(E) Though the boy was still young,[d] she took him to the Lord’s house at Shiloh.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:23 DSS, LXX, Syr; MT reads his
  2. 1:24 DSS, LXX, Syr; MT reads Shiloh with three bulls
  3. 1:24 Lit bull and an ephah
  4. 1:24 Lit And the youth was a youth

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