Verse 12
Genesis 21:12
World English Bible
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God (Elohim) said to Abraham, “Don’t let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your servant. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For your offspring will be named through Isaac.
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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Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken.
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Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God (Elohim) had sp...
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Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
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Abraham circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God (Elohim) had commanded him.
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Abraham was one hundred years old when his son, Isaac, was born to him.
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Sarah said, “God (Elohim) has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”
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7
She said, “Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a s...
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8
The child grew, and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
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9
Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
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10
Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this servant and her son! For the son of this servant will...
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11
The thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son.
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12
God (Elohim) said to Abraham, “Don’t let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and becaus...
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I will also make a nation of the son of the servant, because he is your child.”
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14
Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, pu...
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15
The water in the bottle was spent, and she put the child under one of the shrubs.
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She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let...
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God (Elohim) heard the voice of the boy.
The angel of God (Elohim) called to Hagar out of the sky, a...
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18
Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation.”
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19
God (Elohim) opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled the bottle with water, a...
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20
God (Elohim) was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, a...
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21
He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
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22
At that time, Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, “God (Elohim) i...
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23
Now, therefore, swear to me here by God (Elohim) that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my...
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24
Abraham said, “I will swear.”
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25
Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently ta...
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Abimelech said, “I don’t know who has done this thing. You didn’t tell me, and I didn’t hear of it u...
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27
Abraham took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant.
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28
Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
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29
Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?”
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He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I...
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31
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an oath there.
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So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and th...
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33
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlastin...
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34
Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines many days.
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