Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 2:20

20 ¶ And Eli blessed Elkanah, and his wife , and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman, for the loan which is lent to the LORD . And they went unto their own home.

As their Superiour, and Gods High-Priest, he Blessed them in Gods Name, and they received his Blessing by Faith, which made it effectual, v. 21.

i. e. A Child, or rather Children, as the Event shewed.

Or, for the petition, i. e. the thing desired, to wit, the Child; which she, thy Wife, asked of the Lord; or, for the Lord: as Chap. 1. 28. to whom accordingly she hath given them. And therefore as she asked him not so much for her self, for she seldom sees him; as for the Lord, to whose service she hath wholly devoted him: So now I pray, that God would give you other Children for both your comfort and enjoyment.

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