Genesis 21 (NET)

Genesis 21:1¹The Lord visited Sarah just as he had said he would and did for Sarah what he had promised.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 12:6Gen 18:10Gen 18:14Gal 4:23Gen 17:191 Sam 2:21Matt 24:35Titus 1:2Ruth 1:6Gal 4:28

Genesis 21:2²So Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the appointed time that God had told him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 4:22Heb 11:11Acts 7:8Gen 17:19Gen 17:21Gen 18:10Gen 18:14Luke 1:24-25Luke 1:362 Kgs 4:16-17

Genesis 21:3³Abraham named his son—whom Sarah bore to him—Isaac.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 17:19Gen 21:6Rom 9:7Gen 21:12Heb 11:18Josh 24:3Matt 1:2Acts 7:8Gen 22:2

Genesis 21:4⁴When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded him to do.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 7:8Deut 12:32Exod 12:48Gen 17:10-12John 7:22-23Lev 12:3Luke 1:59Luke 1:6Luke 2:21

Genesis 21:5⁵(Now Abraham was 100 years old when his son Isaac was born to him.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 17:17Gen 17:1Rom 4:19

Genesis 21:6⁶Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 126:2Isa 54:1Gen 17:17Luke 1:58Gal 4:27-28Isa 49:21Luke 1:14Luke 1:46-55Ps 113:9Rom 12:15

Genesis 21:7⁷She went on to say, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have given birth to a son for him in his old age!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 18:11-12Isa 66:82 Thess 1:10Deut 4:32-34Eph 3:10Num 23:23Ps 86:10Ps 86:8Isa 49:21

Genesis 21:8⁸The child grew and was weaned. Abraham prepared a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 1:22Hos 1:81 Kgs 3:152 Sam 3:20Gen 19:3Gen 26:30Gen 29:22Gen 40:20Ps 131:21 Sam 25:36

Genesis 21:9⁹But Sarah noticed the son of Hagar the Egyptian—the son whom Hagar had borne to Abraham—mocking.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 4:29Gen 16:15Gal 4:22Gen 16:12 Chr 30:102 Chr 36:16Lam 1:7Prov 20:11Ps 22:6Ps 42:10

Genesis 21:10¹⁰So she said to Abraham, “Banish that slave woman and her son, for the son of that slave woman will not be an heir along with my son Isaac!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 8:351 John 2:19Gal 4:22-311 Pet 1:4Gen 36:6-7Gal 3:18Gal 4:7Gen 25:19Matt 22:13Matt 8:11-12

Genesis 21:11¹¹Sarah’s demand displeased Abraham greatly because Ishmael was his son.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 12:11Gen 17:18Matt 10:372 Sam 18:33Gen 22:1-2

Genesis 21:12¹²But God said to Abraham, “Do not be upset about the boy or your slave wife. Do all that Sarah is telling you because through Isaac your descendants will be counted.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 11:18Rom 9:7-8Gen 17:191 Sam 8:71 Sam 8:9Gen 17:21Isa 46:10

Genesis 21:13¹³But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 16:10Gen 17:20Gen 21:18Gen 25:12-18

Genesis 21:14¹⁴Early in the morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He put them on her shoulders, gave her the child, and sent her away. So she went wandering aimlessly through the wilderness of Beer Sheba.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 19:3Eccl 9:10Gen 16:7Gen 21:31Gen 25:6Gen 26:31John 8:35Prov 27:14Ps 107:4Ps 119:60

Genesis 21:15¹⁵When the water in the skin was gone, she shoved the child under one of the shrubs.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 3:9Exod 15:22-25Jer 14:3Ps 63:1Exod 17:1-3Gen 21:14Isa 44:12

Genesis 21:16¹⁶Then she went and sat down by herself across from him at quite a distance, about a bowshot, away; for she thought, “I refuse to watch the child die.” So she sat across from him and wept uncontrollably.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 49:151 Kgs 3:261 Sam 24:161 Sam 30:4Esth 8:6Gen 29:11Judg 2:4Ruth 1:9Luke 15:20Zech 12:10

Genesis 21:17¹⁷But God heard the boy’s voice. The angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Don’t be afraid, for God has heard the boy’s voice right where he is crying.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 16:11Ps 50:15Exod 3:7Ps 91:151 Sam 11:52 Kgs 13:232 Kgs 13:4Exod 14:13Exod 22:23Exod 22:27

Genesis 21:18¹⁸Get up! Help the boy up and hold him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 21:13Gen 16:101 Chr 1:29-31Gen 17:20Gen 25:12-18

Genesis 21:19¹⁹Then God enabled Hagar to see a well of water. She went over and filled the skin with water, and then gave the boy a drink.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 22:312 Kgs 6:17-20Isa 35:5-6Luke 24:16-31

Genesis 21:20²⁰God was with the boy as he grew. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 28:15Gen 39:21Gen 16:12Gen 10:9Gen 17:20Gen 25:27Gen 39:2-3Gen 49:23-24Judg 13:24-25Judg 6:12

Genesis 21:21²¹He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother found a wife for him from the land of Egypt.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 7:381 Sam 25:1Gen 24:3-4Gen 26:34-35Gen 27:46-28:2Judg 14:2Num 10:12Num 12:16Num 13:26Num 13:3

Genesis 21:22²²At that time Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 26:26Gen 26:28Josh 3:7Gen 20:21 Cor 14:25Isa 8:10Rom 8:31Heb 13:52 Chr 1:1Gen 20:17

Genesis 21:23²³Now swear to me right here in God’s name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 2:12Gen 20:141 Sam 20:131 Sam 20:171 Sam 20:421 Sam 24:21-221 Sam 30:152 Cor 1:23Deut 6:13Gen 14:22-23

Genesis 21:24²⁴Abraham said, “I swear to do this.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 14:13Heb 6:16Rom 12:18

Genesis 21:25²⁵But Abraham lodged a complaint against Abimelech concerning a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 26:15-22Exod 2:15-17Gen 13:7Gen 29:8Judg 1:15Matt 18:15Prov 17:10Prov 25:9Prov 27:5

Genesis 21:26²⁶“I do not know who has done this thing,” Abimelech replied. “Moreover, you did not tell me. I did not hear about it until today.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 5:20-24Gen 13:7

Genesis 21:27²⁷Abraham took some sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech. The two of them made a treaty.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 18:3Ezek 17:13Gal 3:15Gen 14:22-23Gen 26:28-31Gen 31:44Isa 32:8Prov 17:8Prov 18:16Prov 18:24

Genesis 21:28²⁸Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs apart from the flock by themselves.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 21:29²⁹Abimelech asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 15:14Exod 12:26Gen 33:8

Genesis 21:30³⁰He replied, “You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 31:52Gen 31:44-48Josh 22:27-28Josh 24:27

Genesis 21:31³¹That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 26:33Gen 21:141 Kgs 4:252 Sam 17:11Gen 26:23Josh 15:28Judg 20:1

Genesis 21:32³²So they made a treaty at Beer Sheba; then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 18:3Exod 13:17Gen 10:14Gen 14:13Gen 21:27Gen 26:14Gen 26:8Gen 31:53Judg 13:1

Genesis 21:33³³Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer Sheba. There he worshiped the Lord, the eternal God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 1:17Isa 40:28Ps 90:2Gen 4:26Jer 10:10Gen 12:8Rom 16:26Deut 33:27Amos 8:14Deut 16:21

Genesis 21:34³⁴So Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for quite some time.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 29:151 Pet 2:11Gen 20:1Heb 11:13Heb 11:9Ps 39:12