20It happened, when the time had come, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, |Because I have asked him of Yahweh.|


In Context

17 Then Eli answered, |Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.|

18 She said, |Let your handmaid find favor in your sight.| So the woman went her way, and ate; and her facial expression wasn't sad any more.

19 They rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before Yahweh, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Yahweh remembered her.

20 It happened, when the time had come, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, |Because I have asked him of Yahweh.|

21 The man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to Yahweh the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

22 But Hannah didn't go up; for she said to her husband, |Not until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before Yahweh, and stay there forever.|

1 Samuel 1:20 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:20So in the course of time Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, "Because I asked the Lord for him."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:20Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, [saying,] Because I have asked him of the LORD.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:20And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:20And it came to pass, when the time was come about, that Hannah conceived, and bare a son; and she called his name Samuel,'saying , Because I have asked him of Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20And it came to pass when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:20And it came to pass, when the time was come about, that Hannah conceived, and bare a son; and she called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20Wherefore it came to pass, when the time had arrived, after Hannah had conceived, that she bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20and it cometh to pass, at the revolution of the days, that Hannah conceiveth, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Samuel, 'for, from Jehovah I have asked him.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:20Why it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.