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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
• 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.

Context of Genesis 21:8

6And Sarah declared, “God has brought me laughter. All who hear about this will laugh with me. 7Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse a baby? Yet I have given Abraham a son in his old age!” When Isaac grew up and was about to be weaned, Abraham prepared a huge feast to celebrate the occasion. 9But Sarah saw Ishmael—the son of Abraham and her Egyptian servant Hagar—making fun of her son, Isaac. 10So she turned to Abraham and demanded, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son. He is not going to share the inheritance with my son, Isaac. I won’t have it!”

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. She told her husband, “Wait until the boy is weaned. Then I will take him to the Tabernacle and leave him there with the Lord permanently.”
• Psalms 131:2Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself, like a weaned child who no longer cries for its mother’s milk. Yes, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
• Hosea 1:8After Gomer had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she again became pregnant and gave birth to a second son.
• Genesis 19:3But Lot insisted, so at last they went home with him. Lot prepared a feast for them, complete with fresh bread made without yeast, and they ate.
• Genesis 26:30So Isaac prepared a covenant feast to celebrate the treaty, and they ate and drank together.
• Genesis 29:22So Laban invited everyone in the neighborhood and prepared a wedding feast.
• Genesis 40:20Pharaoh’s birthday came three days later, and he prepared a banquet for all his officials and staff. He summoned his chief cup-bearer and chief baker to join the other officials.
• Judges 14:10As his father was making final arrangements for the marriage, Samson threw a party at Timnah, as was the custom for elite young men.
• 1 Samuel 25:36When Abigail arrived home, she found that Nabal was throwing a big party and was celebrating like a king. He was very drunk, so she didn’t tell him anything about her meeting with David until dawn the next day.
• 2 Samuel 3:20When Abner and twenty of his men came to Hebron, David entertained them with a great feast.
• 1 Kings 3:15Then Solomon woke up and realized it had been a dream. He returned to Jerusalem and stood before the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant, where he sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he invited all his officials to a great banquet.
• Esther 1:3In the third year of his reign, he gave a banquet for all his nobles and officials. He invited all the military officers of Persia and Media as well as the princes and nobles of the provinces.

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