Genesis 21

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1And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.36 cross-references: Psalms 12:6, Genesis 18:10, Genesis 17:19, Genesis 18:14, Galatians 4:23
2For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.21 cross-references: Hebrews 11:11, Galatians 4:22, Luke 1:36, Genesis 18:14, Genesis 17:19
3And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.12 cross-references: Genesis 17:19, Romans 9:7, Genesis 21:6, Joshua 24:3, Hebrews 11:18
4And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.12 cross-references: Acts 7:8, Genesis 17:10–12, Luke 2:21, Exodus 12:48, Leviticus 12:3
5And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.6 cross-references: Genesis 17:17, Romans 4:19, Genesis 17:1
6And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.26 cross-references: Isaiah 54:1, Psalms 126:2, Genesis 17:17, Luke 1:58, Isaiah 49:21
7And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.12 cross-references: Isaiah 66:8, Genesis 18:11–12, 2 Thessalonians 1:10, Deuteronomy 4:32–34, Numbers 23:23
8And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.18 cross-references: 1 Samuel 1:22, Hosea 1:8, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 40:20, Genesis 29:22
9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.26 cross-references: Genesis 16:15, Galatians 4:29, Genesis 16:1, Galatians 4:22, 2 Chronicles 30:10
10Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.25 cross-references: John 8:35, 1 Peter 1:4, 1 John 2:19, Galatians 4:22–31, Matthew 22:13
11And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.5 cross-references: Genesis 17:18, Hebrews 12:11, 2 Samuel 18:33, Matthew 10:37, Genesis 22:1–2
12And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.15 cross-references: Hebrews 11:18, Romans 9:7–8, Genesis 17:19, 1 Samuel 8:9, 1 Samuel 8:7
13And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.9 cross-references: Genesis 21:18, Genesis 16:10, Genesis 17:20, Genesis 25:12–18
14And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer–sheba.32 cross-references: Proverbs 27:14, Genesis 26:31, Psalms 107:4, Genesis 21:31, Genesis 16:7
15And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.9 cross-references: Jeremiah 14:3, Exodus 15:22–25, Psalms 63:1, 2 Kings 3:9, Exodus 17:1–3
16And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.19 cross-references: Esther 8:6, Isaiah 49:15, 1 Kings 3:26, Judges 2:4, 1 Samuel 24:16
17And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.30 cross-references: Genesis 16:11, Psalms 50:15, Exodus 3:7, Psalms 91:15, Isaiah 41:10
18Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.8 cross-references: Genesis 21:13, Genesis 16:10, 1 Chronicles 1:29–31, Genesis 17:20, Genesis 25:12–18
19And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.5 cross-references: Numbers 22:31, 2 Kings 6:17–20, Isaiah 35:5–6, Luke 24:16–31
20And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.16 cross-references: Genesis 28:15, Genesis 39:21, Genesis 16:12, Genesis 10:9, Luke 1:80
21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.24 cross-references: Judges 14:2, Genesis 24:3–4, Numbers 13:26, Genesis 26:34–35, Genesis 27:46 – Genesis 28:2
22And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:33 cross-references: Genesis 26:26, Genesis 26:28, Joshua 3:7, Genesis 20:2, Isaiah 8:10
23Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.24 cross-references: Joshua 2:12, Genesis 20:14, 1 Samuel 30:15, Deuteronomy 6:13, 1 Samuel 24:21–22
24And Abraham said, I will swear.3 cross-references: Genesis 14:13, Romans 12:18, Hebrews 6:16
25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.14 cross-references: Genesis 26:15–22, Matthew 18:15, Proverbs 17:10, Genesis 13:7, Genesis 29:8
26And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.6 cross-references: Genesis 13:7, 2 Kings 5:20–24
27And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.14 cross-references: 1 Samuel 18:3, Proverbs 21:14, Isaiah 32:8, Genesis 14:22–23, Proverbs 17:8
28And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?4 cross-references: Exodus 12:26, Genesis 33:8, 1 Samuel 15:14
30And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.6 cross-references: Genesis 31:52, Joshua 24:27, Genesis 31:44–48, Joshua 22:27–28
31Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.21 cross-references: Genesis 26:33, Genesis 21:14, 2 Samuel 17:11, 1 Kings 4:25, Joshua 15:28
32Thus they made a covenant at Beer–sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.10 cross-references: Exodus 13:17, Judges 13:1, Genesis 31:53, 1 Samuel 18:3, Genesis 10:14
33And Abraham planted a grove in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.31 cross-references: 1 Timothy 1:17, Isaiah 40:28, Psalms 90:2, Jeremiah 10:10, Genesis 12:8
34And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.6 cross-references: Genesis 20:1, 1 Peter 2:11, Psalms 39:12, Hebrews 11:13, Hebrews 11:9

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Sarah's faith Genesis 21:2 and Hebrews 11:11
Sarah bears Isaac in her old age at the time God promised. Hebrews credits her faith: she considered him faithful who had promised.
Cast out the bondwoman Genesis 21:10 and Galatians 4:30
Sarah demands that Hagar and Ishmael be sent away so that Ishmael will not share Isaac's inheritance. In his allegory of two covenants Paul applies her words: the children of slavery (law) do not inherit with the children of promise.
In Isaac shall your seed be called Genesis 21:12 and Romans 9:7
God tells Abraham that his promised line will run through Isaac, not Ishmael. Paul uses it to show that not all physical descendants are children of the promise.
Offering the son of promise Genesis 21:12 and Hebrews 11:18
Hebrews quotes the same promise to show the paradox of Abraham's test: God asked him to sacrifice the very son through whom the promise ran. Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead.

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