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

19God said to Abraham, ‘No, your wife Sarah will give birth to a son for you. You must give him the name “Isaac”. I will make my covenant with him and with his descendants for all time. 20I have heard what you want me to do for Ishmael. I will bless him. I will cause him to have many descendants. Among his descendants there will be 12 rulers. His descendants will become a great nation. But I will make my covenant with Isaac, not with Ishmael. At about this time next year, Sarah will give birth to your son, Isaac.’ 22When God had finished speaking to Abraham, he went away. 23On that same day, Abraham circumcised Ishmael and every male person in his house. He circumcised every male servant that was born in his house, as well as those that he had bought with money. He did this in the way that God had told 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 Sarah said to Abraham, ‘Send that slave woman and her son away from here. Ishmael must never receive any of our family's things. Everything must belong to my own son, Isaac.’
• Genesis 26:2The Lord appeared to Isaac. He said, ‘Do not go to Egypt. Instead, live in the land that I will show to you.
• Genesis 46:1So Jacob left Canaan. He took everything that belonged to him. When he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to God, the God of his father Isaac.
• Genesis 48:15Then Jacob blessed Joseph. He said, ‘May God bless these two boys. He is the God that my ancestors, Abraham and Isaac, served. Like a shepherd takes care of his sheep, God has taken care of me all my life, until this day.
• Exodus 2:24He thought about his promise to take care of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their descendants.
• Exodus 3:6Then God said, ‘I am the God that your father worshipped. I am also the God of your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.’ Then Moses covered his face. He was afraid to look at God.
• Luke 1:55He made a promise to Abraham and to our other ancestors. Now he has done what he promised.’
• Romans 9:5It was their ancestors that God chose to make great many years ago. And Christ himself, as a man, was born to an Israelite family. Christ is God, who rules over all things. We should praise him for ever! This is true! Amen.
• Galatians 3:29And if you belong to Christ, then you are descendants of Abraham. Because of that, you will receive all the good things that God promised to Abraham.
• Hebrews 11:9Because of his faith, Abraham went to live like a stranger in that foreign country. God had promised to give that country to him, but Abraham lived there in tents. Isaac and Jacob also lived there in tents like strangers. God had also promised them that the land would belong to them one day.
• Genesis 18:10Then one of the men said, ‘I will certainly return to you at about this time next year. At that time Sarah, your wife, will have a son!’ Sarah was listening to all this. She was at the door of the tent, near to where they were talking.
• Genesis 21:2Sarah became pregnant. She gave birth to a son for Abraham when he was very old. This happened at the time when God had said that it would.
• Job 14:13Please hide me in the place where dead people go! Hide me there until you are no longer angry. Decide how long I must be there, and then remember me again!
• Acts 1:7Jesus replied, ‘My Father decides when things will happen in the world. You do not need to know the day or the time when this will happen.

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