Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

Do what

Bible References

Do what

Numbers 30:7
and her husband hears about it and says nothing to her when he finds out, her vows are binding, and the obligations she put herself under are binding.

The lord

2 Samuel 7:25
Now, Lord God, fulfill the promise forever that You have made to Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,
Isaiah 44:26
who confirms the message of His servant
and fulfills the counsel of His messengers;
who says to Jerusalem, “She will be inhabited,”
and to the cities of Judah, “They will be rebuilt,”
and I will restore her ruins;

Son suck

Genesis 21:7
She also said, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne a son for him in his old age.”
Psalm 22:9
You took me from the womb,
making me secure while at my mother’s breast.
Matthew 24:19
Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!
Luke 11:27
As He was saying these things, a woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “The womb that bore You and the one who nursed You are blessed!”

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