25 Then they slaughtered the bull and brought the boy to Eli.

26 “Please, my lord,” she said, “as surely as you live,(A) my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord. 27 I prayed for this boy,(B) and since the Lord gave me what I asked him for,(C)

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25 They slaughtered the bull and brought the boy[a] to Eli.

26 Hannah[b] said, “Sir,[c] as surely as you are alive, I’m the woman who stood before you here praying to the Lord. 27 I prayed for this boy, and the Lord granted me the request I asked of him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:25 So MT; Cf. 4QSama; LXX reads was with them. When they brought him into the presence of the Lord, his father slaughtered the sacrifice, as he did annually for the Lord. Then he brought the child, 25 and he slaughtered the calf. And Hannah his mother brought him
  2. 1 Samuel 1:26 Lit. she
  3. 1 Samuel 1:26 Lit. My lord