Genesis 21
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Genesis 21:1-13

11Then the LordH3068 tookH6485 noteH6485 of SarahH8283 as He had saidH559, and the LordH3068 didH6213 for SarahH8283 as He had 2promisedH1696. 23So SarahH8283 conceivedH2029 and boreH3205 a sonH1121 to AbrahamH85 in his oldH2208 ageH2208, at 4the appointedH4150 timeH4150 of whichH834 GodH430 had spokenH1696 to him. 3AbrahamH85 calledH7121 the nameH8034 of his sonH1121 who was bornH3205 to him, whomH834 SarahH8283 boreH3205 to him, 5IsaacH3327. 4Then AbrahamH85 circumcisedH4135 his sonH1121 IsaacH3327 when he was 6eightH8083 daysH3117 oldH1121, as GodH430 had commandedH6680 him. 5Now AbrahamH85 was 7one hundredH3967 yearsH8141 oldH1121 when his sonH1121 IsaacH3327 was bornH3205 to him. 6SarahH8283 saidH559, “GodH430 has madeH6213 8laughterH6712 for me; everyoneH3605 who hearsH8085 will laughH6711 9with me.” 7And she saidH559, “10WhoH4310 would have saidH559 to AbrahamH85 that SarahH8283 would nurseH3243 childrenH1121? YetH3588 I have borneH3205 him a sonH1121 in his oldH2208 ageH2208.”

8The childH3206 grewH1431 and was weanedH1580, and AbrahamH85 madeH6213 a greatH1419 feastH4960 on the dayH3117 that IsaacH3327 was weanedH1580. 9Now SarahH8283 sawH7200 11the sonH1121 of HagarH1904 the EgyptianH4713, whomH834 she had borneH3205 to AbrahamH85, 1213mockingH6711. 10Therefore she saidH559 to AbrahamH85, “14DriveH1644 out thisH2088 maidH519 and her sonH1121, for the sonH1121 of thisH2088 maidH519 shall not be an heirH3423 with my sonH1121 15IsaacH3327.” 1116The matterH1697 17distressedH7489 AbrahamH85 greatlyH3966 becauseH5921H182 of his sonH1121. 12But GodH430 saidH559 to AbrahamH85, “18Do not be distressedH7489 becauseH5921 of the ladH5288 and your maidH519; whateverH3605H834 SarahH8283 tellsH559 you, listenH8085 to her, for 19throughH4480 IsaacH3327 20your descendantsH2233 shall be namedH7121. 13And of 21the sonH1121 of the maidH519 I will makeH7760 a nationH1471 alsoH1571, becauseH3588 he is your 22descendantH2233.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 21:1 Gen 17:16, 21; 18:10, 14; Gal 4:23 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 21:1 Lit spoken ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 21:2 Acts 7:8; Gal 4:22; Heb 11:11 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 21:2 Gen 17:21; 18:10, 14 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 21:3 Gen 17:19, 21 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 21:4 Gen 17:12; Acts 7:8 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 21:5 Gen 17:17 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 21:6 Gen 18:13; Ps 126:2; Is 54:1 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 21:6 Lit for ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 21:7 Gen 18:11, 13 ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 21:9 Gen 16:1, 4, 15 ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 21:9 Or playing ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 21:9 Gal 4:29 ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 21:10 Gal 4:30 ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 21:10 Lit with Isaac ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 21:11 Gen 17:18 ↩
  17. 17. Genesis 21:11 Lit was very grievous in Abraham’s sight ↩
  18. 18. Genesis 21:12 Lit Do not let it be grievous in your sight ↩
  19. 19. Genesis 21:12 Rom 9:7; Heb 11:18 ↩
  20. 20. Genesis 21:12 Lit your seed will be called ↩
  21. 21. Genesis 21:13 Gen 16:10; 21:18; 25:12-18 ↩
  22. 22. Genesis 21:13 Lit seed ↩

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