1 Samuel 1:22 “but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husb…”

1 Samuel 1:22

but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.

World English Bible

But Hannah didn’t go up, for she said to her husband, “Not until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and stay there forever.”

American Standard Version

But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned; and then I will bring him, that he may appear before Jehovah, and there abide for ever.

Geneva Bible 1599

But Hannah went not vp: for she sayd vnto her husband, I will tarie vntill the childe be weined, then I will bring him that hee may appeare before the Lord, and there abide for euer.

Darby Translation

But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, [I will wait] until the child is weaned; then will I bring him, that he may appear before Jehovah, and there abide for ever.

Young's Literal Translation

And Hannah hath not gone up, for she said to her husband, 'Till the youth is weaned — then I have brought him in, and he hath appeared before the face of Jehovah, and dwelt there — unto the age.'

Bible in Basic English

But Hannah did not go, for she said to her husband, I will not go till the child has been taken from the breast, and then I will take him with me and put him before the Lord, where he may be for ever.

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Cross references

“then”

Luke 2:22 Deuteronomy 16:16 Luke 2:41 Luke 2:42

Luke 2:22 · BSB

And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord

Deuteronomy 16:16 · BSB

Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD…

Luke 2:41 · BSB

Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.

Luke 2:42 · BSB

And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the Feast.

“and there”

1 Samuel 1:11 1 Samuel 1:28 1 Samuel 2:11 1 Samuel 2:18 1 Samuel 3:1 Psalm 23:6

1 Samuel 1:11 · BSB

And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all…

1 Samuel 1:28 · BSB

I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.

1 Samuel 2:11 · BSB

Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.

1 Samuel 2:18 · BSB

Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 3:1 · BSB

And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare, and visions were scarce.

Psalm 23:6 · BSB

Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

“for ever”

Leviticus 25:23 Exodus 21:6 Joshua 4:7 Psalm 110:4 Isaiah 9:7

Leviticus 25:23 · BSB

The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.

Exodus 21:6 · BSB

then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.

Joshua 4:7 · BSB

you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites f…

Psalm 110:4 · BSB

The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

Isaiah 9:7 · BSB

Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,

23“Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

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