²⁰Then Eli would ^abless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May Yahweh establish for you a seed from this woman in place of ¹the one she ^bdedicated to Yahweh.” And they went to their own ²home.

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Footnotes

1Lit the one asked for which was lent; Heb sounds like root for Samuel
2Lit place

Cross references

a Luke 2:34
b 1 Sam 1:11, 27, 28

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, “May the Lord give you children by this woman for the petition she asked of the Lord.” So then they would return to their home.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the Lord give you children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed for and gave to the Lord.” Then they would go home.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife: “May the Lord give you children by this woman in place of the one she has given to the Lord.” Then they would go home.

NLTNew Living Translation

Before they returned home, Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May the Lord give you other children to take the place of this one she gave to the Lord.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and he said, “May Yahweh give you an offspring from this woman in place of the petitioned one that she requested from Yahweh.” Then they went to their home.

KJV 1900King James Version

And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The Lord give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the Lord. And they went unto their own home.

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