1Sa 1:1 | NET2full | STEP | There was a man from Ramathaim Zophim , from the hill country of Ephraim . His name was Elkanah . He was the son of Jeroham , the son of Elihu , the son of Tohu , the son of Zuph , an Ephraimite .

‏ 1 Samuel 1:1

Hannah Is Childless

1 There was a man from Ramathaim Zophim, ^{▼▼tc The translation follows the MT. The LXX reads “a man from Ramathaim, a Zuphite”; this is followed by a number of recent English translations. It is possible the MT reading צוֹפִים (tsofim) arose from dittography of the מ (mem) at the beginning of the following word.} from the hill country of Ephraim. His name was Elkanah. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.