17 God listened to Leah,(A) and she became pregnant and bore Jacob a fifth son.

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17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.

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22 Then God remembered Rachel;(A) he listened to her(B) and enabled her to conceive.(C)

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22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

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17 Eli answered, “Go in peace,(A) and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him.(B)

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17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.

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23 “Do what seems best to you,” her husband Elkanah told her. “Stay here until you have weaned him; only may the Lord make good(A) his[a] word.” So the woman stayed at home and nursed her son until she had weaned(B) him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:23 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac your

23 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.

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20 They were helped(A) in fighting them, and God delivered the Hagrites and all their allies into their hands, because they cried(B) out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted(C) in him.

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20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.

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13 And when he prayed to him, the Lord was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord is God.

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13 And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.

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23 So we fasted(A) and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.

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23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.

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Children are a heritage from the Lord,
    offspring a reward(A) from him.

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Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

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