17. Eli replied, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant your request.”
18. “May you continue to be kind to me,” she said. Then the woman went her way and ate. She was no longer sad.
19. Early in the morning Elkanah and his family got up and worshiped in front of the Lord. Then they returned home to Ramah. Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.
20. Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel [God Hears], because she said, “I asked the Lord for him.”