21. The man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
22. But Hannah didn’t go up; for she said to her husband, “Not until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord, and stay there forever.”
23. 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.
24. When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, and one efah of meal, and a container of wine, and brought him to the Lord’s house in Shiloh. The child was young.
25. They killed the bull, and brought the child to Eli.
26. She said, “Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to the Lord.
27. I prayed for this child; and the Lord has given me my petition which I asked of him.
28. Therefore I have also given him to the Lord. As long as he lives he is given to the Lord.” He worshipped the Lord there.