1 Samuel 1:23

²³ And Elkanah her husband^◦ said to her, Do what is good in thine eyes. Stay^* until thou have weaned him. Surely Jehovah will raise··up His word. And the woman stayed^* and nursed her son until she weaned him.

Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.

Matter

In Genesis 24:9, this signifies a sacred obligation or binding pledge. (Arcana Coelestia 3046)

In Genesis 30:15, this signifies resentment because the marriage of external truth with natural good here had ceased. (Arcana Coelestia 3946-3947)