1. Samuelsbok 1,3

1 Det var en mann fra Ramatajim-Sofim, i fjellandet Efraim, som het Elkana, sønn av Jeroham, sønn av Elihu, sønn av Tohu, sønn av Suf, en efraimitt.

2 Han hadde to koner. Den ene het Hanna, og den andre het Peninna. Peninna hadde barn, men Hanna hadde ingen.

Hvert år dro denne mannen opp fra sin by for å tilbe og ofre til Herren, hærskarenes Gud, i Sjilo, hvor Elis to sønner — Hofni og Pinehas — tjente som prester for Herren.

4 Hver gang Elkana ofret, ga han deler av kjøttet til sin kone Peninna og til alle hennes sønner og døtre.

5 Men til Hanna ga han en dobbel del, for han elsket henne, selv om Herren ikke hadde gitt henne barn.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.
KJV
And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
WEB
This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of Armies in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to the LORD, were there.
ASV
And this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice unto Jehovah of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests unto Jehovah, were there.
DARBY
And this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to Jehovah of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of Jehovah, were there.
BLB
And that man went up from his city from days to days to bow and sacrifice to YHWH of Hosts in Shiloh. And [were] there the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of YHWH.
ÅB
Denne mann dro år etter år opp fra sin by for å tilbe og ofre til Herren, hærskarenes[^2] Gud, i Silo; der var Elis to sønner, Hofni og Pinehas, prester for Herren.
OTB
Hvert år dro denne mannen opp fra sin by for å tilbe og ofre til Herren, hærskarenes Gud, i Sjilo, hvor Elis to sønner — Hofni og Pinehas — tjente som prester for Herren.
B1930
Denne mann drog år efter år op fra sin by for å tilbede og ofre til Herren, hærskarenes Gud, i Silo; der var Elis to sønner, Hofni og Pinehas, prester for Herren. / < NEH 9, 6.>

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