11 Making a vow,(A) she pleaded, “Lord of Armies, if you will take notice of your servant’s affliction,(B) remember and not forget me, and give your servant a son, I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.”[a](C)

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  1. 1:11 Lit and no razor will go up on his head

11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

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28 I now give the boy to the Lord. For as long as he lives, he is given to the Lord.”(A) Then he[a] worshiped the Lord there.[b]

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  1. 1:28 DSS read she; some Hb mss, Syr, Vg read they
  2. 1:28 LXX reads Then she left him there before the Lord

28 Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord. And he worshipped the Lord there.

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