Genesis 17:21

Genesis 17:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
• New International Version (NIV)But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time next year."
• New King James Version (NKJV)But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this set time next year.”

Context of Genesis 17:21

19But God said, “No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son indeed, and you shall name him Isaac (laughter); and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant and with his descendants after him. 20As for Ishmael, I have heard and listened to you; behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful and will greatly multiply him [through his descendants]. He will be the father of twelve princes (chieftains, sheiks), and I will make him a great nation. But My covenant [My promise, My solemn pledge], I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.” 22And God finished speaking with him and went up from Abraham. 23Then Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all the servants who were born in his house and all who were purchased with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s household, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin the very same day, as God had said to him.

Genesis 17:21 word by word

וְאֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י אָקִ֣ים אֶת־יִצְחָ֑ק אֲשֶׁר֩ תֵּלֵ֨ד לְךָ֤ שָׂרָה֙ לַמּוֹעֵ֣ד הַזֶּ֔ה בַּשָּׁנָ֖ה הָאַחֶֽרֶת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But my covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• will I establishקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• with Isaacיִצְחָקyitschâq · IsaacH3327
• which Sarahשָׂרָהώârâh · SarahH8283
• shall bearיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• unto thee at this set timeמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meeting: time appointedH4150
• in the nextאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141

Cross-references for Genesis 17:21

• Genesis 21:10Therefore she said to Abraham, “Drive out this maid and her son, for the son of this maid shall not be an heir with my son Isaac.”
• Genesis 26:2The Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; stay in the land of which I will tell you.
• Genesis 46:1So Israel set out with all that he had, and came to Beersheba [where both his father and grandfather had worshiped God], and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
• Genesis 48:15Then Jacob (Israel) blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked [in faithful obedience], The God who has been my Shepherd [leading and caring for me] all my life to this day,
• Exodus 2:24So God heard their groaning and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel).
• Exodus 3:6Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
• Luke 1:55Just as He promised to our fathers, To Abraham and to his descendants forever.”
• Romans 9:5To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to His natural descent, came the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), He who is exalted and supreme over all, God blessed forever. Amen.
• Galatians 3:29And if you belong to Christ [if you are in Him], then you are Abraham’s descendants, and [spiritual] heirs according to [God’s] promise.
• Hebrews 11:9By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land, as in a strange land, living in tents [as nomads] with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.
• Genesis 18:10He said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door, which was behind him.
• Genesis 21:2So Sarah conceived and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.
• Job 14:13“Oh, that You would hide me in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past, That You would set a definite time and then remember me [and in Your lovingkindness imprint me on your heart]!
• Acts 1:7He said to them, “It is not for you to know the times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority.

Commentaries on Genesis 17:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21My covenant will I establish with Isaac - All temporal good things are promised to Ishmael and his posterity, but the establishment of the Lord's covenant is to be with Isaac. Hence it is fully evident that this covenant referred chiefly to spiritual things - to the Messiah, and the salvation which should be brought to both Jews and Gentiles by his incarnation, death, and glorification.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-27Verses 1-27 - The Sealing of the Covenant 1. שׁדי shaday Shaddai, “Irresistible, able to destroy, and by inference to make, Almighty.” שׁדד shādad “be strong, destroy.” This name is found six times in Genesis, and thirty-one times in Job. 5. אברהם 'abrâhām Abraham, from אברם 'abrām “high-father,” and הם hām the radical part of המין hāmôn a “multitude,” is obtained by a euphonic abbreviation אברהם 'abrâhām “father of a multitude.” The root רהם rhm…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-22Verses 15-22 Here is the promise made to Abraham of a son by Sarai, in whom the promise made to him should be fulfilled. The assurance of this promise was the change of Sarai's name into Sarah. Sarai signifies my princess, as if her honour were confined to one family only; Sarah signifies a princess. The more favours God confers upon us, the more low we should be in our own eyes. Abraham showed great joy; he laughed, it was a laughter of delight, not of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-21God would not abandon Ishmael. His family would prosper (see 25:13–16). But the covenant promises were for Isaac.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271. Abram ... ninety years old and nine--thirteen years after the birth of Ishmael [Ge 16:16]. During that interval he had enjoyed the comforts of communion with God but had been favored with no special revelation as formerly, probably on account of his hasty and blameable marriage with Hagar. the Lord appeared--some visible manifestation of the divine presence, probably the Shekinah or radiant glory of overpowering effulgence. I am the Almighty God--the…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 17:21

• Abraham
• Barrenness
• Covenant
• Isaac
• Sarah

In the dictionaries

• Isaac
• Sarah
• Sarah; Sarai
• Abraham
• Covenant
• Establish
• Everlasting
• Works, Covenant of
• Agrarian Laws
• Atonement, Day of

Commentaries on Genesis 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings