Verse 12
Genesis 21:12
American Standard Version
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And God (Elohim) said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy handmaid. In all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice. For in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶל אַבְרָהָ֗ם אַל יֵרַ֤ע בְּ/עֵינֶ֨י/ךָ֙ עַל הַ/נַּ֣עַר וְ/עַל אֲמָתֶ֔/ךָ כֹּל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר תֹּאמַ֥ר אֵלֶ֛י/ךָ שָׂרָ֖ה שְׁמַ֣ע בְּ/קֹלָ֑/הּ כִּ֣י בְ/יִצְחָ֔ק יִקָּרֵ֥א לְ/ךָ֖ זָֽרַע
English Translation
And God said to Abraham, "Do not let it be evil in your eyes concerning the boy and concerning your maidservant. All that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice, for in Isaac your seed shall be called."
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Chapter 21 Context
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And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
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And Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God (Elohim) ha...
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And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
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And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God (Elohim) had commanded him.
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And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
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And Sarah said, God (Elohim) hath made me to laugh. Every one that heareth will laugh with me.
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And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck? For I have bor...
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And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
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And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, mocking.
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Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son. For the son of this handmaid sh...
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And the thing was very grievous in Abraham`s sight on account of his son.
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And God (Elohim) said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and beca...
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And also of the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
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And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hag...
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And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
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And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot. For she said,...
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And God (Elohim) heard the voice of the lad. And the angel of God (Elohim) called to Hagar out of he...
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Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand. For I will make him a great nation.
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And God (Elohim) opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went, and filled the bottle w...
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And God (Elohim) was with the lad, and he grew. And he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he gr...
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And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
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And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spake unto Abrah...
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Now therefore swear unto me here by God (Elohim) that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with m...
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And Abraham said, I will swear.
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And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech`s servants had violentl...
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And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing. Neither didst thou tell me, neither yet hea...
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And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech. And they two made a covenant.
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And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
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And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
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And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, tha...
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Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba. Because there they sware both of them.
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So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba. And Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, an...
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And [Abraham] planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Ev...
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And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
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