1 Samuel 1:23 ““Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay he…”

1 Samuel 1:23

“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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

World English Bible

Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems good to you. Wait until you have weaned him; only may the LORD establish his word.” So the woman waited and nursed her son until she weaned him.

American Standard Version

And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only Jehovah establish his word. So the woman tarried and gave her son suck, until she weaned him.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Elkanah her husband sayd vnto her, Do what seemeth thee best: tarie vntill thou hast weined him: only the Lord accomplish his word. So the woman abode, and gaue her sonne sucke vntill she weined him.

Darby Translation

And Elkanah her husband said to her, Do what is good in thy sight: abide until thou hast weaned him; only, may Jehovah fulfil his word. And the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

Young's Literal Translation

And Elkanah her husband saith to her, 'Do that which is good in thine eyes; abide till thy weaning him; only, Jehovah establish His word;' and the woman abideth and suckleth her son till she hath weaned him,

Bible in Basic English

And her husband Elkanah said to her, Do whatever seems right to you, but not till you have taken him from the breast; only may the Lord do as he has said. So the woman, waiting there, gave her son milk till he was old enough to be taken from the breast.

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Cross references

“Do what”

Numbers 30:7–11

Numbers 30:7–11 · BSB

and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her on that day, then the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.

“the Lord”

2 Samuel 7:25 Isaiah 44:26

2 Samuel 7:25 · BSB

And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,

Isaiah 44:26 · BSB

who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’

“son suck”

Psalm 22:9 Matthew 24:19 Luke 11:27 Genesis 21:7 Genesis 21:8

Psalm 22:9 · BSB

Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.

Matthew 24:19 · BSB

How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!

Luke 11:27 · BSB

As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”

Genesis 21:7 · BSB

She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

Genesis 21:8 · BSB

So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.

Also

1 Samuel 1:17

1 Samuel 1:17 · BSB

“Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”

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

In context

22but 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.”

24Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.

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