1 Samuel 1:27

For this boy, I prayed,—And Yahweh hath given me my petition which I asked of him.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

In Context

26And she said—Pardon, my lord! By the life of thy soul, my lord,—I, am the woman who was standing near thee here, praying unto Yahweh:

28Hence, I also, have loaned him unto Yahweh, all the days that he liveth. He, is lent unto Yahweh. And he bowed down there, unto Yahweh.

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Cross References

Numbers 6:8All his days of separation hallowed, is he unto Yahweh.

1 Chronicles 4:10So then Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldst, indeed bless, me, and enlarge my boundary, and that thy hand might be with me,—and that thou wouldst work [to deliver me] from evil, that it be not my pain. And God brought about that which he asked.

Psalms 66:19But in truth, God hath heard, He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

Psalms 118:5Out of a strait, called I on Yah, He answered me with enlargement.

Matthew 7:7Be asking, and it shall be given you, Be seeking, and ye shall find,—Be knocking, and it shall be opened unto you.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 1:20-28

The Birth of Samuel; Samuel Presented to the Lord. ( b. c. 1137.) 19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord , and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her. 20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord . 21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly… Read the whole commentary →

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