And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give you offspring of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Lent. This was in reply to what Anna had said, chap. i. 28. (Haydock)
God always gives back with interest. (Menochius)