^1:19They got up early the next morning and after worshiping the Lord, they returned to their home at Ramah. Elkanah had marital relations with²⁷ his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered²⁸ her.

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Footnotes

27 Heb “Elkanah knew his wife.” The Hebrew expression is a euphemism for sexual relations.
28 The Lord “remembered” her in the sense of granting her earlier request for a child. The Hebrew verb is often used in the OT for considering the needs or desires of people with favor and kindness.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord; then they went back to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the Lord and then went back to their home at Ramah. Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to worship before the Lord. Afterward, they returned home to Ramah. Then Elkanah was intimate with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.

NLTNew Living Translation

The entire family got up early the next morning and went to worship the Lord once more. Then they returned home to Ramah. When Elkanah slept with Hannah, the Lord remembered her plea,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then they rose early in the morning and worshiped before Yahweh and returned to their house at Ramah. Then Elkanah had sexual relations with Hannah his wife, and Yahweh remembered her.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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