Then they rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord, and returned and came to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her.
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- WEB They rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before Yahweh, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Yahweh remembered her.
- KJV And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
- BSB The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.
- NASB Then they got up early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord, and returned again to their house in Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her.
- NLT The entire family got up early the next morning and went to worship the Lord once more. Then they returned home to Ramah. When Elkanah slept with Hannah, the Lord remembered her plea,
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Quick answer
After worshiping, the family returned home, and the Lord remembered Hannah. God answered her prayer by enabling her to conceive.
Overview
When Scripture says God 'remembered' Hannah, it means He acted faithfully on her behalf, as He remembered Noah and the covenant. Her conception is plainly attributed to the Lord who had shut and now opened her womb. The same God who governs barrenness gives life, advancing His saving purposes through her child.
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- Gen 21:1Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken.
- Gen 30:22God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
- 1 Sam 1:11She vowed a vow, and said, “Yahweh of Armies, if you will indeed look at the affliction of your servant, and remember me, and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a boy, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and no razor shall come on his head.”
- Gen 4:1The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with Yahweh’s help.”
- Gen 8:1God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.
- Luke 23:42He said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”
- Ps 119:147I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.
- 1 Sam 9:26They arose early; and about daybreak, Samuel called to Saul on the housetop, saying, “Get up, that I may send you away.” Saul arose, and they both went outside, he and Samuel, together.
- Ps 25:7Don’t remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions. Remember me according to your loving kindness, for your goodness’ sake, Yahweh.
- Ps 55:17Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.
- Mark 1:35Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.
- Ps 136:23Who remembered us in our low estate; for his loving kindness endures forever;
- 1 Sam 1:1Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
- Ps 5:3Yahweh, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.
- 1 Sam 2:11Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served Yahweh before Eli the priest.
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