Holy Scripture

1 Samuel 1:19

A church father on this verse
“37. But what does it mean that above it is said singularly of Anna alone: "The woman went on her way," but now in the plural: "They rose in the morning," unless that she is understood to descend with her husband? And because the husband of holy Church is the Redeemer of the human race, who had already ascended to heav…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 1, Chapter 1

Source: Septuagint

Original

19And they rise early in the morning, and worship the Lord, and they go their way: and Elkanah went into his house at Ramah, and knew his wife Hannah; and the Lord remembered her, and she conceived.

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In context

17And Eli answered and said to her, Go in peace: the God of Israel give thee all thy petition, which thou hast asked of him.

18And she said, Thine handmaid has found favor in thine eyes: and the woman went her way, and entered into her lodging, and ate and drank with her husband, and her countenance was no more sad.

— 1 Samuel 1:19 —

20And it came to pass when the time was come, that she brought forth a son, and called his name Samuel, and said, Because I asked him of the Lord God of Sabaoth.

21And the man Elkanah and all his house went up to offer in Shiloh the yearly sacrifice, and his vows, and all the tithes of his land.

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