Holy Scripture
1 Samuel 2:20
A church father on this verse
“11. Because in the person of Eli the priest the good teachers of the ancient people are also signified, he is known to have blessed Elkanah and his wife, since indeed the order of those same ancient teachers foresaw the spiritual union of Christ and the holy Church, and preached with devotion that the future offspring…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
20And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, saying, The Lord recompense to thee seed of this woman, in return for the loan which thou hast lent to the Lord: and the man returned to his place.
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In context
18And Samuel ministered before the Lord, a child girded with a linen ephod.
19And his mother made him a little doublet, and brought it to him from year to year, in her going up in company with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
— 1 Samuel 2:20 —
21And the Lord visited Hannah, and she bore yet three sons, and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord.
22And Eli was very old, and he heard what his sons did to the children of Israel.