1st Samuel Chapter 3 verse 16 Holy Bible
Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Here am I.
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Then Eli said, Samuel, my son. And Samuel answering said, Here am I.
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And Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Here am I.
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Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.
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Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.
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Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. He said, Here am I.
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And Eli calleth Samuel, and saith, `Samuel, my son;' and he saith, `Here `am' I.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 16, 17, 18. - God do so to thee, etc. This adjuration shows how great had been the agony of Eli's suspense, yet, true to his sluggish nature, he had waited patiently till the morning came. Then he summons Samuel to him, calling him lovingly my son, and everything tends to show that there was a real affection between the two. He next asks, What is the thing that he hath said unto thee? The A.V. greatly weakens this by inserting the words "The Lord." The original is far more suggestive. Put quite indefinitely, it says, "Whoever or whatsoever be thy visitor, yet tell me all." Then, when Eli has heard the message, he says, It is Jehovah. Though he had not had the courage to do what was right, yet his submission to God, and the humility of his resignation, prove that the Holy Ghost had in these years of waiting being doing its work upon the old man's heart. Eli's adjuration, we must further note, was equivalent to putting Samuel upon his oath, so that any concealment on his part would have involved the sin of perjury.
