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23 And Elkanah, her husband, said unto her, Do what seems good unto thee; tarry until thou hast weaned him; only let the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks and one ephah of flour and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh; and the child was young.

25 And they slew a bullock and brought the child to Eli.

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23 “Do what seems best to you,” her husband Elkanah told her. “Stay here until you have weaned him; only may the Lord make good(A) his[a] word.” So the woman stayed at home and nursed her son until she had weaned(B) him.

24 After he was weaned, she took the boy with her, young as he was, along with a three-year-old bull,[b](C) an ephah[c] of flour and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh. 25 When the bull had been sacrificed, they brought the boy to Eli,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:23 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac your
  2. 1 Samuel 1:24 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac; Masoretic Text with three bulls
  3. 1 Samuel 1:24 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms