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He ran to Eli, and said, Here am I; for you called me. He said, I didn't call; lie down again. He went and lay down.
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Yahweh called yet again, Samuel. Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for you called me. He answered, I didn't call, my son; lie down again.
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Now Samuel didn't yet know Yahweh, neither was the word of Yahweh yet revealed to him.
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Yahweh called Samuel again the third time. He arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for you called me. Eli perceived that Yahweh had called the child.
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Therefore Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call you, that you shall say, Speak, Yahweh; for your servant hears. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
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Yahweh came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel said, Speak; for your servant hears.
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Yahweh said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle.
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In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.
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For I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse on themselves, and he didn't restrain them.
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Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice nor offering forever.
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Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Yahweh. Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.