1 Samuele 1:23

23 Ed Elcana, suo marito, le disse: Fa’ quello che ti par meglio; rimantene finchè tu l’abbi spoppato; adempia pure il Signore la sua parola. Così quella donna se ne rimase, e allattò il suo figliuolo, finchè l’ebbe spoppato.

1 Samuele 1:23 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 1:23

And Elkanah her husband said unto her, do what seemeth thee
good
He spake like a kind and indulgent husband, knowing that she would not thereby break any law of God; and it might be more for her own health, and the health of the child, to stay longer:

tarry till thou have weaned him;
when he would be more fit for the journey, and to be left behind:

only the Lord establish his word;
which some understand of the prophecy of Eli that God would grant her request, which being delivered under the direction of the Spirit of God, is called his word; but this was already fulfilled, and established by Hannah's bearing a son: or the word "his" refers not to the Lord, but to Samuel, and so may respect the word which his mother spake concerning him; either when she made her vow, as Abendana, that he should be a perpetual Nazarite, and the Lord's as long as he lived: and so Elkanah wishes that he might have health and grow strong, and be fit for the service of the Lord, and live many years to perform it; or what she had just now said, as Abarbinel, that he should abide in the house of God for ever, or as long as he lived:

so the woman abode;
at home, while Elkanah and his family went up to Shiloh:

and gave her son suck until she weaned him;
did not put him out to a wet or dry nurse, but suckled him herself with what nature had provided for his nourishment, as becomes women to do, if their circumstances of health, and the provisions of nature, will admit of it.

1 Samuele 1:23 In-Context

21 E quell’uomo Elcana salì con tutta la sua famiglia, per sacrificare al Signore il sacrificio annuale, e il suo voto.

22 Ma Anna non vi salì; perciocchè disse al suo marito: Io non vi salirò, finchè il fanciullo non sia spoppato; allora io lo condurrò, acciocchè sia presentato davanti al Signore, e che dimori quivi in perpetuo.

23 Ed Elcana, suo marito, le disse: Fa’ quello che ti par meglio; rimantene finchè tu l’abbi spoppato; adempia pure il Signore la sua parola. Così quella donna se ne rimase, e allattò il suo figliuolo, finchè l’ebbe spoppato.

24 E, quando l’ebbe spoppato, ella lo menò seco, con tre giovenchi, e un efa di farina, e un barile di vino; e lo menò nella Casa del Signore, in Silo; e il fanciullo era ancora molto piccolo.

25 Ed Elcana ed Anna scannarono un giovenco, e menarono il fanciullo ad Eli.