OLD TESTAMENT

1 Samuel 1:23

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Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems good to you. Wait until you have weaned him; only may the LORD establish his word.” So the woman waited and nursed her son until she weaned him.

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Verse 23. Word, by preserving the life of the child, ( Calmet.) and enabling him to serve according to our engagement. Bible.—Word is often put for “a thing,” in Hebrew May God perfect his own work. Menochius.

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