24 After he was weaned, she took the boy with her, young as he was, along with a three-year-old bull,5 1:24 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac; Masoretic Text with three bulls an ephah6 1:24 That is, probably about 3/5 bushel (about 22 liters) of flour and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh. |
25 When they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli, |
26 and she said to him, "As surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD . |
27 I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him. |
28 So now I give him to the LORD . For his whole life he will be given over to the LORD ." And he worshiped the LORD there. |
