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Updated Bible Version

1 Samuel 2:21

And Yahweh visited Hannah, and she became pregnant, and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the lad Samuel grew before Yahweh.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hannah;   Hophni;   Samuel;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Eli;   Hannah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Samuel, First and Second, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Mary;   Priests and Levites;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Boyhood ;   Childhood;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hannah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hannah;   Hophni;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abner;   Eli;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Samuel the Prophet;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Samuel;   Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Triennial Cycle;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord paid attention to Hannah’s need, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord.
Hebrew Names Version
The LORD visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Shemu'el grew before the LORD.
King James Version
And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord .
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh took note of Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters, while the young man Samuel grew up with Yahweh.
English Standard Version
Indeed the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew in the presence of the Lord .
New Century Version
The Lord was kind to Hannah, so she became the mother of three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew up serving the Lord .
New English Translation
So the Lord graciously attended to Hannah, and she was able to conceive and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. The boy Samuel grew up at the Lord 's sanctuary.
Amplified Bible
And [the time came when] the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew before the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
The LORD indeed visited Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew up before the LORD.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lorde visited Hannah, so that she conceiued, & bare three sonnes, & two daughters. And the childe Samuel grewe before the Lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh indeed visited Hannah; and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the young boy Samuel grew before Yahweh.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord was kind to Hannah, and she had three more sons and two daughters. But Samuel grew up at the Lord 's house in Shiloh.
Complete Jewish Bible
So Adonai took notice of Hannah, and she conceived and bore three more sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Sh'mu'el grew in the presence of Adonai .
Darby Translation
So Jehovah visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew before Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord was kind to Hannah, and she had three sons and two daughters. The boy Samuel grew up at the holy place near the Lord .
George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD blessed Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew before the LORD.
Good News Translation
The Lord did bless Hannah, and she had three more sons and two daughters. The boy Samuel grew up in the service of the Lord .
Literal Translation
So Jehovah visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew up with Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE vysited Anna, so that she coceaued and bare thre sonnes and two doughters: but the childe Samuel grewe vp with the LORDE.
American Standard Version
And Jehovah visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord had mercy on Hannah and she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the young Samuel became older before the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde visited Hanna, so that she conceaued, and bare three sonnes, & two daughters: And the childe Samuel grew before the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So the LORD remembered Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord visited Hannah, so that shee conceiued, and bare three sonnes, and two daughters: and the child Samuel grew before the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord visited Anna, and she bore yet three sons, and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord.
English Revised Version
And the LORD visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the Lord visitide Anna, and sche conseyuede, and childide thre sones and twei douytris. And the child Samuel was `magnyfied at the Lord.
Young's Literal Translation
When Jehovah hath looked after Hannah, then she conceiveth and beareth three sons and two daughters; and the youth Samuel groweth up with Jehovah.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
World English Bible
Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.
New King James Version
And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
New Living Translation
And the Lord blessed Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord .
New Life Bible
And the Lord visited Hannah. She gave birth to three sons and two daughters. The boy Samuel grew up to serve the Lord.
New Revised Standard
And the Lord took note of Hannah; she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons, and two daughters. Thus did the boy Samuel grow up with Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord visited Anna, and she conceived, and bore three sons, and two daughters: and the child Samuel became great before the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
And the LORD visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew in the presence of the LORD.
THE MESSAGE
God was most especially kind to Hannah. She had three more sons and two daughters! The boy Samuel stayed at the sanctuary and grew up with God .
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The LORD visited Hannah; and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew before the LORD.

Contextual Overview

11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the lad was ministering to Yahweh before Eli the priest. 12 Now the sons of Eli were base men; they didn't know Yahweh. 13 And the custom of the priests with the people was that, when any man offered a sacrifice, the priest's attendant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand; 14 and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or cauldron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took therewith. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites that came there. 15 Yes, before they burnt the fat, the priest's attendant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have boiled flesh of you, but raw. 16 And if the man said to him, They will surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as your soul desires; then he would say, No, but you shall give it to me now: and if not, I will take it by force. 17 And the sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for they despised the offering of Yahweh. 18 But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a lad, girded with a linen ephod. 19 Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. 20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Yahweh give you [Elkanah] seed of this woman in place of the petition which he asked of Yahweh. And they went to their own home.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

visited: 1 Samuel 1:19, 1 Samuel 1:20, Genesis 21:1, Luke 1:68

grew: 1 Samuel 2:26, 1 Samuel 3:19, Judges 13:24, Luke 1:80, Luke 2:40, Luke 2:52

Reciprocal: Genesis 29:31 - he opened Genesis 48:9 - my sons Ruth 1:6 - visited 1 Samuel 2:20 - General Psalms 107:41 - maketh Psalms 127:3 - children Ecclesiastes 6:3 - a man Luke 1:13 - thy prayer Luke 1:25 - hath

Cross-References

Genesis 15:12
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram; and, look, a dread, dark and enormous, fell on him.
1 Samuel 26:12
So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's head; and they got away: and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from Yahweh had fallen on them.
Job 4:13
In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on men,
Job 33:15
In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls on men, In slumberings on the bed;
Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Daniel 8:18
Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord visited Hannah,.... In a way of mercy, approving and confirming the blessing of Eli; or rather granting the blessing he prayed for, by giving her power to conceive, bear, and bring forth children, as the following words explain it:

so that she conceived and bare three sons and two daughters; whereby the prophecy of Hannah was fulfilled, 1 Samuel 2:5, and was no doubt matter of great joy to her, though of these children we nowhere else read, nor even of their names. Josephus s says, Elkanah had other sons by Hannah, and three daughters; which agrees not with the text:

and the child Samuel grew before the Lord: in age and stature, in grace and goodness, and improved much in the worship and service of God, both in the theory and practice of it; or became great with him, high in his esteem and favour, and was blessed with much of his presence, and with large gifts of his grace.

s Antiqu. l. 5. c. 10. sect. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the marginal references. The words “before the” Lord have special reference to his residence at the tabernacle.


 
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