Genesis 21
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Genesis 21:6-21

6SarahH8283 saidH559, “GodH430 has madeH6213 1laughterH6712 for me; everyoneH3605 who hearsH8085 will laughH6711 2with me.” 7And she saidH559, “3WhoH4310 would have saidH559 to AbrahamH85 that SarahH8283 would nurseH3243 childrenH1121? YetH3588 I have givenH3205 birthH3205 to a sonH1121 in his oldH2208 ageH2208.”

8And the childH3206 grewH1431 and was weanedH1580, and AbrahamH85 heldH6213 a greatH1419 feastH4960 on the dayH3117 that IsaacH3327 was weanedH1580. 9Now SarahH8283 sawH7200 4the sonH1121 of HagarH1904 the EgyptianH4713, whomH834 she had borneH3205 to AbrahamH85, 5mockingH6711 Isaac. 10Therefore she saidH559 to AbrahamH85, “6DriveH1644 outH1644 thisH2088 slaveH519 womanH519 and her sonH1121, for the sonH1121 of thisH2088 slaveH519 womanH519 shall not beH3423 anH3423 heirH3423 with my sonH1121 7IsaacH3327!” 118The matterH1697 9distressedH7489 AbrahamH85 greatlyH3966 becauseH5921H182 of his sonH1121 Ishmael. 12But GodH430 saidH559 to AbrahamH85, “10Do not be distressedH7489 becauseH5921 of the boyH5288 and your slaveH519 womanH519; whateverH3605H834 SarahH8283 tellsH559 you, listenH8085 to her, for 11throughH4480 IsaacH3327 12your descendantsH2233 shall be namedH7121. 13And of 13the sonH1121 of the slaveH519 womanH519 I will makeH7760 a nationH1471 alsoH1571, becauseH3588 he is your 14descendantH2233.” 14So AbrahamH85 gotH7925 upH7925 earlyH7925 in the morningH1242 and tookH3947 breadH3899 and a 15skinH2573 of waterH4325, and gaveH5414 them to HagarH1904, puttingH7760 them on her shoulderH7926, and gave her the boyH3206, and sentH7971 her awayH7971. And she departedH1980 and wanderedH8582 aboutH8582 in the wildernessH4057 of BeershebaH884.

15When the waterH4325 in the skinH2573 was usedH3615 upH3615, she 16leftH7993 the boyH3206 underH8478 oneH259 of the bushesH7880. 16Then she wentH1980 and satH3427 downH3427 oppositeH4480H5048 him, about a bowshotH2909H7198 awayH7368, for she saidH559, “May I not 17seeH7200 the boyH3206 dieH4194!” And she satH3427 oppositeH4480H5048 him, and 18raisedH5375 her voiceH6963 and weptH1058. 17GodH430 19heardH8085 the boyH5288 cryingH6963; and the angelH4397 of GodH430 calledH7121 to HagarH1904 from heavenH8064 and saidH559 to her, “20WhatH4100 is the matter with you, HagarH1904? 21Do not fearH3372, for GodH430 has heardH8085 the voiceH6963 of the boyH5288 whereH834H8033 he is. 18GetH6965 upH6965, liftH5375 upH5375 the boyH5288, and holdH2388 him by 22the handH3027, 23for I will makeH7760 a greatH1419 nationH1471 of him.” 19Then GodH430 24openedH6491 her eyesH5869, and she sawH7200 25a wellH875 of waterH4325; and she wentH1980 and filledH4390 the 26skinH2573 with waterH4325 and gaveH8248 the boyH5288 aH8248 drinkH8248.

20And 27GodH430 was with the boyH5288, and he grewH1431; and he livedH3427 in the wildernessH4057 and becameH1961 an archerH7235H7199. 2128He livedH3427 in the wildernessH4057 of ParanH6290, and his motherH517 tookH3947 a wifeH802 for him from the landH776 of EgyptH4714.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 21:6 Gen 18:13; Ps 126:2; Is 54:1 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 21:6 Lit for ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 21:7 Gen 18:11, 13 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 21:9 Gen 16:1, 4, 15 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 21:9 Gal 4:29 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 21:10 Gal 4:30 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 21:10 Lit with Isaac ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 21:11 Gen 17:18 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 21:11 Lit was very grievous in Abraham’s sight ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 21:12 Lit Do not let it be grievous in your sight ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 21:12 Rom 9:7; Heb 11:18 ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 21:12 Lit your seed will be called ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 21:13 Gen 16:10; 21:18; 25:12-18 ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 21:13 Lit seed ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 21:14 I.e., a skin used as a bottle ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 21:15 Lit cast ↩
  17. 17. Genesis 21:16 Lit look at the death of the child ↩
  18. 18. Genesis 21:16 Jer 6:26; Amos 8:10 ↩
  19. 19. Genesis 21:17 Ex 3:7; Deut 26:7; Ps 6:8 ↩
  20. 20. Genesis 21:17 Lit What to you; an idiom ↩
  21. 21. Genesis 21:17 Gen 26:24 ↩
  22. 22. Genesis 21:18 Lit your ↩
  23. 23. Genesis 21:18 Gen 16:10; 21:13; 25:12-16 ↩
  24. 24. Genesis 21:19 Num 22:31; 2 Kin 6:17 ↩
  25. 25. Genesis 21:19 Gen 16:7, 14 ↩
  26. 26. Genesis 21:19 See note v 14 ↩
  27. 27. Genesis 21:20 Gen 28:15; 39:2, 3, 21 ↩
  28. 28. Genesis 21:21 Gen 25:18 ↩

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