24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the Lord in Shiloh: and the child was young.

Other Translations of 1 Samuel 1:24

New International Version

24 After he was weaned, she took the boy with her, young as he was, along with a three-year-old bull,Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac; Masoretic Text "with three bulls" an ephahThat is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms of flour and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh.

English Standard Version

24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with a three-year-old bull,Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew three bulls an ephahAn ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters of flour, and a skin of wine, and she brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh. And the child was young.

The Message

24 Then she took him up to Shiloh, bringing also the makings of a generous sacrificial meal - a prize bull, flour, and wine. The child was so young to be sent off!

New King James Version

24 Now when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint, and Syriac read a three-year-old bull. one ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the Lord in Shiloh. And the child was young.

New Living Translation

24 When the child was weaned, Hannah took him to the Tabernacle in Shiloh. They brought along a three-year-old bull for the sacrifice and a basket of flour and some wine.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 1:24

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.