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. Your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a permanent covenant for his future offspring. 20As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will certainly bless him; I will make him fruitful and will multiply him greatly. He will father twelve tribal leaders, and I will make him into a great nation. But I will confirm my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.” 22When he finished talking with him, God withdrew from Abraham. 23So Abraham took his son Ishmael and those born in his household or purchased — every male among the members of Abraham’s household — and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that very day, just 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 21:10So she said to Abraham, “Drive out this slave with her son, for the son of this slave will not be a coheir with my son Isaac!”
• Genesis 26:2The Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Live in the land that I tell you about;
• Genesis 46:1Israel set out with all that he had and came to Beer-sheba, and he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
• Genesis 48:15Then he blessed Joseph and said: The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
• Exodus 2:24God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
• Exodus 3:6Then he continued, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.
• Luke 1:55to Abraham and his descendants forever, just as he spoke to our ancestors.
• Romans 9:5The ancestors are theirs, and from them, by physical descent, came the Christ, who is God over all, praised forever. Amen.
• Galatians 3:29And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, heirs according to the promise.
• Hebrews 11:9By faith he stayed as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, coheirs of the same promise.
• Genesis 18:10The Lord said, “I will certainly come back to you in about a year’s time, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent behind him.
• Genesis 21:2Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time God had told him.
• Job 14:13If only you would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until your anger passes. If only you would appoint a time for me and then remember me.
• Acts 1:7He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set 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