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23 “Whatever you think is best,” Elkanah agreed. “Stay here for now, and may the Lord help you keep your promise.[a]” So she stayed home and nursed the boy until he was weaned.

24 When the child was weaned, Hannah took him to the Tabernacle in Shiloh. They brought along a three-year-old bull[b] for the sacrifice and a basket[c] of flour and some wine. 25 After sacrificing the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:23 As in Dead Sea Scrolls and Greek version; Masoretic Text reads may the Lord keep his promise.
  2. 1:24a As in Dead Sea Scrolls, Greek and Syriac versions; Masoretic Text reads three bulls.
  3. 1:24b Hebrew and an ephah [20 quarts or 22 liters].

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