Genesis 21:8

Genesis 21:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
• New International Version (NIV)The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the same day that Isaac was weaned.
• New Living Translation (NLT)When Isaac grew up and was about to be weaned, Abraham prepared a huge feast to celebrate the occasion.

Context of Genesis 21:8

6And Sarah said, "God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me." 7And she said, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age." And the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. 9But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing. 10So she said to Abraham, "Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac."

Genesis 21:8 word by word

וַיִּגְדַּ֥ל הַיֶּ֖לֶד וַיִּגָּמַ֑ל וַיַּ֤עַשׂ אַבְרָהָם֙ מִשְׁתֶּ֣ה גָד֔וֹל בְּי֖וֹם הִגָּמֵ֥ל אֶת־יִצְחָֽק׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the childיֶ֫לֶדyeled · youthH3206
• grewגָּדַלgâdal · to magnifyH1431
• and was weanedגָּמַלgâmal · to weanH1580
• and Abrahamאַבְרָהָם'abrâhâm · AbrahamH85
• madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• a greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• feastמִשְׁתֶּהmishteh · feastH4960
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• that Isaacיִצְחָקyitschâq · IsaacH3327

Cross-references for Genesis 21:8

• 1 Samuel 1:22But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, "As soon as the child is weaned, I will bring him, so that he may appear in the presence of the Lord and dwell there forever."
• Psalms 131:2But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.
• Hosea 1:8When she had weaned No Mercy, she conceived and bore a son.
• Genesis 19:3But he pressed them strongly; so they turned aside to him and entered his house. And he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
• Genesis 26:30So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
• Genesis 29:22So Laban gathered together all the people of the place and made a feast.
• Genesis 40:20On the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, he made a feast for all his servants and lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.
• Judges 14:10His father went down to the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, for so the young men used to do.
• 1 Samuel 25:36And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until the morning light.
• 2 Samuel 3:20When Abner came with twenty men to David at Hebron, David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.
• 1 Kings 3:15And Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.
• Esther 1:3in the third year of his reign he gave a feast for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces were before him,

Commentaries on Genesis 21:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The child grew and was weaned - Anglo-Saxon Version. Now the child waxed and became weaned. We have the verb to wean from the Anglo-Saxon awendan, to convert, transfer, turn from one thing to another, which is the exact import of the Hebrew word גמל gamal in the text. Hence wenan, to wean, to turn the child from the breast to receive another kind of ailment. And hence, probably, the word Wean, a young child, which is still in use in the northern parts of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-34Verses 1-34 - The Birth of Isaac 7. מלל mı̂lēl “speak,” an ancient and therefore solemn and poetical word. 14. חמת chêmet “bottle,” akin to חמה chāmâh “surround, enclose,” and הוּם chûm “black. באר שׁבע beêr -sheba‛ Beer-sheba, “well of seven.” 22. פיכל pı̂ykol Pikhol, “mouth or spokesman of all.” 23. נין nı̂yn “offspring, kin;” related: “sprout, flourish.” נכד neked “progeny,” perhaps “acquaintance,” cognate with נגד ngd “be before” (the eyes) and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9The feast for Isaac’s weaning probably happened when he was three. Ishmael was around 17 years old at that time (16:16). Sarah saw Ishmael mocking her son, Isaac. The verb metsakheq (“mocking”) is related to the word for “laughter.” This theme (21:6) becomes negative because of Ishmael’s mocking.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. the child grew, and was weaned--children are suckled longer in the East than in the Occident--boys usually for two or three years. Abraham made a great feast, &c.--In Eastern countries this is always a season of domestic festivity, and the newly weaned child is formally brought, in presence of the assembled relatives and friends, to partake of some simple viands. Isaac, attired in the symbolic robe, the badge of birthright, was then admitted heir of…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 21:8

• Children
• Isaac
• Ishmael
• Sarah

In the dictionaries

• Abraham
• Isaac
• Abraham, Abram
• Banquet
• Call
• Cast
• Child
• Entertain
• Everlasting
• Falsely

Commentaries on Genesis 21

• 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