1 Samuel 2:21Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.
The setting
Shiloh, Israel, ~1070 BC. Years after dedicating Samuel to temple service, Hannah receives abundant blessing. The tabernacle still stands where modern-day Khirbet Seilun sits in the West Bank.
The emotion here: amazed at God's abundant response to sacrifice
The original word
paqad (פָּקַד) — to visit with purpose, divine intervention in human circumstances
Why it matters
Hannah bore five children total after giving up her firstborn - God's abundant response to sacrificial giving
Read with care
What most readers miss in 1 Samuel 2:21
This happened YEARS later - Hannah's sacrifice wasn't immediately rewarded
Common misconceptionPeople think this means God always gives you more kids if you dedicate one to Him. This is about God's character of abundant blessing after sacrificial obedience, not a fertility formula.
The thread continues
Verses that echo 1 Samuel 2:21
Bible Genome reading
1 Samuel 2:21 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
1 Samuel 2:21 comes from the book of 1 Samuel, written during the judges period. The setting is a domestic setting. These words are attributed to Narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is grateful, with a comfort power of 70% and a tone that is celebratory. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include blessing, faithfulness, growth. Notable phrases: Yahweh visited Hannah; Samuel grew before Yahweh.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same grateful
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
— John 3:16
“I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.”
— 2 Timothy 4:7
“It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.'”
— Acts 2:21
“for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,”
— Ephesians 2:8
“So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land o…”
— Genesis 45:8
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