1 Samuel 2:20

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Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Yahweh give you seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh. They went to their own home.

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Egypt was the land from which God had delivered Israel in the exodus, a saving act recalled in Eli’s blessing over Samuel’s family. Shiloh, in the hill country of Ephraim, housed the tabernacle and was where Hannah and Elkanah worshiped and brought Samuel before the Lord.

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1 Samuel 2:20 mentions Egypt and Shiloh.

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