27 For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
27 I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him.
27 For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him.
27 I prayed for this child, and God gave me what I asked for.
27 For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition which I asked of Him.
27 I asked the Lord to give me this boy, and he has granted my request.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 1:27
Commentary on 1 Samuel 1:19-28
(Read 1 Samuel 1:19-28)
Elkanah and his family had a journey before them, and a family of children to take with them, yet they would not move till they had worshipped God together. Prayer and provender do not hinder a journey. When men are in such haste to set out upon journeys, or to engage in business, that they have not time to worship God, they are likely to proceed without his presence and blessing. Hannah, though she felt a warm regard for the courts of God's house, begged to stay at home. God will have mercy, and not sacrifice. Those who are detained from public ordinances, by the nursing and tending of little children, may take comfort from this instance, and believe, that if they do that duty in a right spirit, God will graciously accept them therein. Hannah presented her child to the Lord with a grateful acknowledgment of his goodness in answer to prayer. Whatever we give to God, it is what we have first asked and received from him. All our gifts to him were first his gifts to us. The child Samuel early showed true piety. Little children should be taught to worship God when very young. Their parents should teach them in it, bring them to it, and put them on doing it as well as they can; God will graciously accept them, and will teach them to do better.