1 Samuel 1:27
Good News Translation
I asked him for this child, and he gave me what I asked for.

New Revised Standard Version
For this child I prayed; and the LORD has granted me the petition that I made to him.

Contemporary English Version
to give me a child. Here he is! The LORD gave me just what I asked for.

New American Bible
I prayed for this child, and the LORD granted my request.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For this child did I pray, and the Lord hath granted me my petition, which I asked of him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For this child did I pray, and the Lord hath granted me my petition, which I asked of him.

For this

1 Samuel 1:11-13 And she made a vow, saying: O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt look down, and wilt be mindful of me, and not forget thy handmaid, and wilt give to thy servant a manchild: I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head. . . .

Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.

and the Lord

Psalm 66:19 Therefore hath God heard me, and hath attended to the voice of my supplication.

Psalm 116:1-5 I have loved, because the Lord will hear the voice of my prayer. . . .

Psalm 118:5 In my trouble I called upon the Lord: and the Lord heard me, and enlarged me.

1 John 5:15 And we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask: we know that we have the petitions which we request of him.

Context
The Birth of Samuel
26And Anna said: I beseech thee, my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord: I am that woman, who stood before thee here praying to the Lord. 27For this child did I pray, and the Lord hath granted me my petition, which I asked of him.28Therefore I also have lent him to the Lord all the days of his life, he shall be lent to the Lord. And they adored the Lord there. And Anna prayed, and said:…
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:11
And she made a vow, saying: O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt look down, and wilt be mindful of me, and not forget thy handmaid, and wilt give to thy servant a manchild: I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.

1 Samuel 2:20
And Heli blessed Elcana and his wife: and he said to him: The Lord give thee seed of this woman, for the loan thou hast lent to the Lord. And they went to their own home.

Psalm 6:9
The Lord hath heard my supplication: the Lord hath received my prayer.

Psalm 66:19
Therefore hath God heard me, and hath attended to the voice of my supplication.

Psalm 66:20
Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

1 Samuel 1:26
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