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.
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And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. …
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-28)Here is, I. The return of Elkanah and his family to their own habitation, when the days appointed for the feast were over, 1 Sam. 1:19. Observe how they improved their time at the tabernacle. Every day they were there, even that which was fixed for their journey home, they worshipped God; and they rose up early to do it. It is good to begin the day with God. Let him that is the first have the firs…
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