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on her way, and ate, and her countenance was
no more changed.
19 And they rose in the morning, and wor-
shipped before the Lord: and they returned, and
came into their house at Ramatha. And Elcana
knew Anna his wife: And the Lord remembered
her.
20 And it came to pass when the time was
come about, Anna conceived and bore a son, and
called his name Samuel: because she had asked
him of the Lord.
21 And Elcana, her husband, went up, and
all his house, to offer to the Lord the solemn
sacrifice, and his vow.
22 But Anna went not up: for she said to her
husband: I will not go till the child be weaned,
and till I may carry him, that he may appear
before the Lord, and may abide always there.
23 And Elcana, her husband, said to her: Do
what seemeth good to thee, and stay till thou
wean him: and I pray that the Lord may fulfil
his word. So the woman staid at home, and gave
her son suck, till she weaned him.
24 And after she had weaned him, she car-
ried him with her, with three calves, and three
bushels of flour, and a bottle of wine, and she
brought him to the house of the Lord in Silo.
Now the child was as yet very young:
25 And they immolated a calf, and offered the
child to Heli.
26 And Anna said: I beseech thee, my lord,
as thy soul liveth, my lord: I am that woman,
who stood before thee here praying to the Lord.
27 For this child did I pray, and the Lord hath
granted me my petition, which I asked of him.
28 Therefore I also have lent him to the Lord
all the days of his life, he shall be lent to the
Lord. And they adored the Lord there. And
Anna prayed, and said:
Chapter 2
My heart hath rejoiced in the Lord, and my horn
is exalted in my God: my mouth is enlarged over
my enemies: because I have joyed in thy salva-
tion.
2 There is none holy as the Lord is: for there
is no other beside thee, and there is none strong
like our God.
3 Do not multiply to speak lofty things, boast-
ing: let old matters depart from your mouth: for
the Lord is a God of all knowledge, and to him
are thoughts prepared.
4 The bow of the mighty is overcome, and the
weak are girt with strength.
5 They that were full before, have hired out
themselves for bread: and the hungry are filled,
so that the barren hath borne many: and she
that had many children is weakened.
6 The Lord killeth and maketh alive, he
bringeth down to hell, and bringeth back again.
7 The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, he
humbleth and he exalteth:
8 He raiseth up the needy from the dust, and
lifteth up the poor from the dunghill: that he
may sit with princes, and hold the throne of
glory. For the poles of the earth are the Lord’s,
and upon them he hath set the world.
9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the
wicked shall be silent in darkness; because no
man shall prevail by his own strength.
10 The adversaries of the Lord shall fear him:
and upon them shall he thunder in the heavens:
The Lord shall judge the ends of the earth, and
he shall give empire to his king, and shall exalt
the horn of his Christ.
11 And Elcana went to Ramatha, to his house:
but the child ministered in the sight of the Lord
before the face of Heli the priest.