1 Samuel 1:22-24

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²² ·But one time [^LBut] Hannah did not go with him. She told her husband, “When the boy is ·old enough to eat solid food [weaned], I will take him to Shiloh [1:3]. Then I will give him to [… and present him before] the Lord, and he will ·always live there [stay there permanently/forever].”

²³ Elkanah, Hannah’s husband, said to her, “Do what you think is best. ·You may stay home until the boy is old enough to eat [Stay until you have weaned him]. May the Lord ·do what you have said [bring about his promise; ^Lconfirm/establish his word].” So Hannah stayed at home to nurse her son until he was ·old enough to eat [weaned].

²⁴ When Samuel was ·old enough to eat [weaned], [^Lthough still very young,] Hannah took him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh [1:3], along with a three-year-old bull, ·one-half bushel [^Lan ephah] of flour, and a ·leather bag filled with [skin of] wine.