For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that the LORD may bring on Avraham that which he has spoken of him.*
1 Samuel 1:21 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The man Elkana, and all his house, went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Elkanah and all his house went up to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and pay his vow. American Standard Version (1901) And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto Jehovah the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. Common English Bible When Elkanah and all his household went up to make the annual sacrifice and keep his solemn promise, Catholic Public Domain Version Now her husband Elkanah ascended with his entire house, so that he might immolate to the Lord a solemn sacrifice, with his vow. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Elcana her husband went up, and all his house, to offer to the Lord the solemn sacrifice, and his vow. |
For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that the LORD may bring on Avraham that which he has spoken of him.*
I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
then it shall happen that to the place which the LORD your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there shall you bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the wave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to the LORD.
and there you shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the wave offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock:
If it seem evil to you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amori, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
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, Chofni and Pinechas, Kohanim to the LORD, were there.
Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.