1 Kings 2:20
And Heli blessed Elcana and his wife: and he said to him: The Lord give thee seed of this woman, for the loan thou hast lent to the Lord. And they went to their own home.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et benedixit Heli Elcanæ et uxori ejus : dixitque ei : Reddat tibi Dominus semen de muliere hac, pro fœnore quod commodasti Domino. Et abierunt in locum suum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εὐλόγησεν Ἠλεὶ τὸν Ἐλκανὰ καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ λἐγων Ἀποτίσαι σοι Κύριος σπέρμα ἐκ τῆς γυναικὸς ταύτης ἀντὶ τοῦ χρέους οὗ ἔχρησας Κυρίῳ· καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος εἰς τὸν τὸπον αὐτοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וּבֵרַ֨ךְ עֵלִ֜י אֶת אֶלְקָנָ֣ה וְאֶת אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ וְאָמַר֙ יָשֵׂם֩ יְהוָ֨ה לְךָ֥ זֶ֨רַע֙ מִן הָאִשָּׁ֣ה הַזֹּ֔את תַּ֚חַת הַשְּׁאֵלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁאַ֖ל לַֽיהוָ֑ה וְהָלְכ֖וּ לִמְקֹמֽוֹ
Haydock's commentary
Lent. This was in reply to what Anna had said, chap. i. 28. (Haydock)
God always gives back with interest. (Menochius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.