19 And they rose up in the morning, and they worshipped before the Lord. And they returned and arrived at their own house at Ramah. Then Elkanah knew his wife Hannah. And the Lord remembered her.
20 And it happened that, in the course of days, Hannah conceived and bore a son. And she called his name Samuel, because she had requested him from the Lord.
21 Now her husband Elkanah ascended with his entire house, so that he might immolate to the Lord a solemn sacrifice, with his vow.
22 But Hannah did not go up. For she said to her husband, 'I will not go, until the infant has been weaned, and until I may lead him, so that he may appear before the sight of the Lord, and may remain always there.'
23 And her husband Elkanah said to her: 'Do what seems good to you, and stay until you wean him. And I pray that the Lord may fulfill his word.' Therefore, the woman remained at home, and she breastfed her son, until she withdrew him from milk.
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