1.
And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
visited: Genesis 50:24, Exodus 3:16, Exodus 4:31, Exodus 20:5, Ruth 1:6, 1 Samuel 2:21, Psalms 106:4, Luke 1:68, Luke 19:44, Romans 4:17-20
Sarah as: Genesis 17:19, Genesis 18:10, Genesis 18:14, Psalms 12:6, Matthew 24:35, Galatians 4:23, Galatians 4:28, Titus 1:2
Reciprocal: Genesis 11:30 - barren Genesis 24:36 - Sarah Genesis 29:31 - he opened Genesis 30:22 - remembered Ruth 4:13 - the Lord 1 Samuel 1:19 - and the Lord 2 Kings 4:17 - General Psalms 8:4 - visitest Ecclesiastes 3:2 - time to be born Luke 1:25 - hath Acts 7:8 - and so Galatians 4:22 - that Hebrews 11:11 - Sara
2.
For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
conceived: 2 Kings 4:16, 2 Kings 4:17, Luke 1:24, Luke 1:25, Luke 1:36, Acts 7:8, Galatians 4:22, Hebrews 11:11
at the set: Genesis 17:19, Genesis 17:21, Genesis 18:10, Genesis 18:14, Romans 9:9
Reciprocal: Genesis 11:30 - barren Genesis 29:31 - he opened Genesis 30:22 - opened Joshua 24:3 - gave 1 Chronicles 1:28 - Isaac 1 Chronicles 1:34 - Abraham Ecclesiastes 3:2 - time to be born Matthew 1:2 - Abraham Luke 1:57 - General Galatians 4:23 - but Hebrews 6:15 - General
3.
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
Genesis 21:6, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 17:19, Genesis 22:2, Joshua 24:3, Matthew 1:2, Acts 7:8, Romans 9:7, Hebrews 11:18
Reciprocal: Genesis 17:21 - at Judges 14:3 - thy brethren 1 Chronicles 1:34 - Abraham Luke 1:57 - General Luke 1:59 - General Luke 3:34 - which was the son of Isaac
4.
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
Genesis 17:10-12, Exodus 12:48, Leviticus 12:3, Deuteronomy 12:32, Luke 1:6, Luke 1:59, Luke 2:21, John 7:22, John 7:23, Acts 7:8
Reciprocal: Genesis 17:12 - he that is eight days old Judges 14:3 - thy brethren Matthew 19:14 - Suffer Luke 18:16 - Suffer
5.
And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
Genesis 17:1, Genesis 17:17, Romans 4:19
Reciprocal: Genesis 24:1 - was old Psalms 113:9 - maketh Jeremiah 20:15 - A man
6.
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
God: Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:12-15, 1 Samuel 1:26-28, 1 Samuel 2:1-10, Psalms 113:9, Psalms 126:2, Isaiah 49:15, Isaiah 49:21, Isaiah 54:1, Luke 1:46-55, John 16:21, John 16:22, Galatians 4:27, Galatians 4:28, Hebrews 11:11
to laugh: Sarah most likely remembered the circumstance mentioned in Genesis 18:12, and also the name Isaac, which implies laughter.
will laugh: Luke 1:14, Luke 1:58, Romans 12:15
Reciprocal: Genesis 17:19 - Sarah Genesis 21:3 - General Job 8:21 - he fill Proverbs 13:12 - when Ecclesiastes 3:4 - a time to laugh Jeremiah 20:15 - A man Luke 6:21 - ye shall laugh
7.
And 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.
Who: Numbers 23:23, Deuteronomy 4:32-34, Psalms 86:8, Psalms 86:10, Isaiah 49:21, Isaiah 66:8, Ephesians 3:10, 2 Thessalonians 1:10
for I: Genesis 18:11, Genesis 18:12
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 1:23 - son suck 1 Kings 3:21 - give 1 Kings 11:20 - weaned Proverbs 13:12 - when John 16:21 - for
8.
And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
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and was: 1 Samuel 1:22, Psalms 131:2, Hosea 1:8
feast: Genesis 19:3, Genesis 26:30, Genesis 29:22, Genesis 40:20, Judges 14:10, Judges 14:12, 1 Samuel 25:36, 2 Samuel 3:20, 1 Kings 3:15, Esther 1:3
Reciprocal: Genesis 31:54 - did eat Genesis 43:16 - slay 1 Samuel 1:23 - son suck Daniel 1:4 - Children
9.
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
Sarah: Genesis 16:3-6, Genesis 16:15, Genesis 17:20
Egyptian: Genesis 16:1, Genesis 16:15
mocking: 2 Kings 2:23, 2 Kings 2:24, 2 Chronicles 30:10, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Nehemiah 4:1-5, Job 30:1, Psalms 22:6, Psalms 42:10, Psalms 44:13, Psalms 44:14, Proverbs 20:11, Lamentations 1:7, Galatians 4:22, Galatians 4:29, Hebrews 11:36
Reciprocal: Genesis 25:9 - Isaac 1 Chronicles 1:28 - Ishmael 1 Chronicles 5:10 - the Hagarites Proverbs 22:10 - General Galatians 4:24 - Agar
10.
Wherefore 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.
Cast out: The word rendered "cast out," signifies also to divorce. See note on Leviticus 21:7. In this latter sense, it may be understood here. Genesis 25:6, Genesis 25:19, Genesis 17:19, Genesis 17:21, Genesis 20:11, Genesis 22:10, Genesis 36:6, Genesis 36:7, Matthew 8:11, Matthew 8:12, Matthew 22:13, John 8:35, Galatians 4:22-31, 1 John 2:19
heir: John 8:35, Galatians 3:18, Galatians 4:7, 1 Peter 1:4, 1 John 2:19
Reciprocal: Genesis 16:1 - bare Genesis 24:36 - unto Genesis 25:5 - General Genesis 25:9 - Isaac Genesis 30:4 - to wife Exodus 18:23 - God 1 Chronicles 1:28 - Ishmael Proverbs 22:10 - General Ezekiel 16:5 - but thou Galatians 3:29 - Abraham's Galatians 4:30 - Cast
11.
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.
12.
And 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.
hearken: 1 Samuel 8:7, 1 Samuel 8:9, Isaiah 46:10
in Isaac: Genesis 17:19, Genesis 17:21, Romans 9:7, Romans 9:8, Hebrews 11:18
Reciprocal: Genesis 15:4 - shall come Genesis 16:1 - bare Genesis 21:3 - General Genesis 21:14 - child Genesis 22:2 - Take 1 Chronicles 1:28 - Isaac Galatians 3:16 - to
13.
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
Genesis 21:18, Genesis 16:10, Genesis 17:20, Genesis 25:12-18
Reciprocal: Genesis 13:16 - General
14.
And 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.
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rose up: Genesis 19:27, Genesis 22:3, Genesis 24:54, Genesis 26:31, Psalms 119:60, Proverbs 27:14, Ecclesiastes 9:10
took: Genesis 25:6, Genesis 36:6, Genesis 36:7
child: Or, youth - See note on Genesis 21:12, and See note on Genesis 21:20, as Ishmael was now 16 or 17 years of age.
sent: John 8:35
wandered: Genesis 16:7, Genesis 37:15, Psalms 107:4, Isaiah 16:8, Galatians 4:23-25
Beersheba: So called when Moses wrote; but not before Abraham's covenant with Abimelech, Genesis 21:31. Such instances of the figure prolepsis are not infrequent in the Pentateuch Genesis 21:33, Genesis 22:19, Genesis 26:33, Genesis 46:1, 1 Kings 19:3
Reciprocal: Genesis 21:15 - the water Genesis 24:15 - pitcher Genesis 25:18 - Havilah Joshua 15:28 - Beersheba Daniel 1:4 - Children
15.
And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
the water: Genesis 21:14, Exodus 15:22-25, Exodus 17:1-3, 2 Kings 3:9, Psalms 63:1, Isaiah 44:12, Jeremiah 14:3
and she cast the child: Or, "and she sent the lad," to screen him from the intensity of the heat.
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 17:10 - Fetch me 1 Kings 19:4 - sat down
16.
And 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.
Let: Genesis 44:34, 1 Kings 3:26, Esther 8:6, Isaiah 49:15, Zechariah 12:10, Luke 15:20
lift: Genesis 27:38, Genesis 29:11, Judges 2:4, Ruth 1:9, 1 Samuel 24:16, 1 Samuel 30:4
Reciprocal: Genesis 16:10 - I will Exodus 37:12 - handbreadth 1 Kings 17:12 - that we may eat it 1 Kings 19:4 - sat down 2 Kings 25:7 - they slew Proverbs 25:25 - cold Jeremiah 39:6 - before Jeremiah 48:18 - and sit Jeremiah 52:10 - slew
17.
And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called 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.
heard: Genesis 16:11, Exodus 3:7, Exodus 22:23, Exodus 22:27, 2 Kings 13:4, 2 Kings 13:23, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 65:2, Psalms 91:15, Matthew 15:32
the angel: Genesis 16:9, Genesis 16:11
What: Judges 18:23, 1 Samuel 11:5, Isaiah 22:1
fear: Genesis 15:1, Genesis 46:3, Exodus 14:13, Psalms 107:4-6, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 41:13, Isaiah 41:14, Isaiah 43:1, Isaiah 43:2, Mark 5:36
Reciprocal: Genesis 22:11 - angel 2 Kings 6:28 - What aileth thee
18.
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
19.
And 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.
20.
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
God: Genesis 17:20, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 39:2, Genesis 39:3, Genesis 39:21, Judges 6:12, Judges 13:24, Judges 13:25, Luke 1:80, Luke 2:40
an archer: Genesis 10:9, Genesis 16:12, Genesis 25:27, Genesis 27:3, Genesis 49:23, Genesis 49:24
Reciprocal: Genesis 21:14 - child 1 Samuel 10:7 - God
21.
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
in the: Numbers 10:12, Numbers 12:16, Numbers 13:3, Numbers 13:26, 1 Samuel 25:1
a wife: Genesis 24:3, Genesis 24:4, Genesis 26:34, Genesis 26:35, Genesis 27:46, Genesis 28:1, Genesis 28:2, Judges 14:2, 1 Corinthians 7:38
Reciprocal: Genesis 14:6 - Elparan Genesis 16:1 - Egyptian Genesis 25:18 - Havilah Genesis 34:4 - General Genesis 38:6 - took Deuteronomy 1:1 - Paran 1 Kings 11:18 - Paran 2 Chronicles 24:3 - took for him Jeremiah 29:6 - take wives Habakkuk 3:3 - Paran
22.
And 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:
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Abimelech: Genesis 20:2, Genesis 26:26
God: Genesis 20:17, Genesis 26:28, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 30:27, Genesis 39:2, Genesis 39:3, Joshua 3:7, 2 Chronicles 1:1, Isaiah 8:10, Isaiah 45:14, Zechariah 8:23, Matthew 1:23, Romans 8:31, 1 Corinthians 14:25, Hebrews 13:5, Revelation 3:9
Reciprocal: Genesis 23:6 - a mighty prince Genesis 26:1 - Abimelech Genesis 26:29 - the blessed Genesis 31:3 - with thee Genesis 31:44 - let us Genesis 39:21 - the Lord 2 Samuel 5:10 - the Lord 2 Kings 18:7 - And the Lord
23.
Now 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.
swear: Genesis 14:22, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 24:3, Genesis 26:28, Genesis 31:44, Genesis 31:53, Deuteronomy 6:13, Joshua 2:12, 1 Samuel 20:13, 1 Samuel 20:17, 1 Samuel 20:42, 1 Samuel 24:21, 1 Samuel 24:22, 1 Samuel 30:15, Jeremiah 4:2, 2 Corinthians 1:23, Hebrews 6:16
that thou wilt not deal falsely with me: Heb. if thou shalt lie unto me
I have: Genesis 20:14
Reciprocal: Genesis 26:31 - sware Judges 11:10 - The Lord
24.
And Abraham said, I will swear.
Genesis 14:13, Romans 12:18, Hebrews 6:16
Reciprocal: Genesis 31:53 - sware
25.
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
reproved: Genesis 26:15-22, Genesis 29:8, Exodus 2:15-17, Judges 1:15, Proverbs 17:10, Proverbs 25:9, Proverbs 27:5, Matthew 18:15
because: Wells of water were of great consequence in those hot countries, especially where the flocks were numerous; because water was scarce, and digging to find it was attended with the expense of much time and labour.
servants: Genesis 13:7, Genesis 26:15-22, Exodus 2:16, Exodus 2:17
Reciprocal: Genesis 26:20 - did strive Leviticus 6:4 - which he
26.
And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
I wot: "Wot," though used for the present, is the past tense of the almost obsolete word "to wit," from the Saxon witan, to know. Genesis 13:7, 2 Kings 5:20-24
Reciprocal: Genesis 44:15 - wot ye not Exodus 32:1 - we wot Acts 3:17 - wot Philippians 1:22 - I wot
27.
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
took: Genesis 14:22, Genesis 14:23, Proverbs 17:8, Proverbs 18:16, Proverbs 18:24, Proverbs 21:14, Isaiah 32:8
made: Genesis 26:28-31, Genesis 31:44, 1 Samuel 18:3, Ezekiel 17:13, Romans 1:31, Galatians 3:15
Reciprocal: Genesis 21:32 - General Judges 14:3 - thy brethren
28.
And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29.
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
Genesis 33:8, Exodus 12:26, 1 Samuel 15:14
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 16:2 - What meanest
30.
And 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.
a witness: Genesis 31:44-48, Genesis 31:52, Joshua 22:27, Joshua 22:28, Joshua 24:27
Reciprocal: Genesis 26:15 - his father's Hebrews 6:16 - an oath
31.
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
called: Genesis 26:33
Beersheba: i.e., The well of the oath, or the well of the seven: alluding to the seven ewe lambs. The verb rendered "to swear" is derived from the word translated seven. Genesis 21:14, Genesis 26:23, Joshua 15:28, Judges 20:1, 2 Samuel 17:11, 1 Kings 4:25
Reciprocal: Genesis 16:14 - General Genesis 22:19 - to Beersheba Genesis 26:18 - and he Genesis 26:28 - Let there Genesis 26:31 - sware Genesis 46:1 - Beersheba Joshua 19:2 - and Moladah 2 Samuel 24:7 - to Beersheba 1 Kings 19:3 - Beersheba 2 Kings 23:8 - Beersheba Nehemiah 11:27 - General Hebrews 6:16 - an oath
32.
Thus 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.
Genesis 21:27, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 31:53, 1 Samuel 18:3
the Philistines: Genesis 10:14, Genesis 26:8, Genesis 26:14, Exodus 13:17, Judges 13:1
Reciprocal: Genesis 26:26 - Phichol Genesis 26:28 - Let there Genesis 26:31 - sware 1 Kings 5:12 - they two
33.
And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
grove: or, tree, Amos 8:14, The original word eshel, has been variously translated a grove, a plantation, an orchard, a cultivated field, and an oak; but it may denote a kind of tamarisk, as it is rendered by Gesenius, the same with the Arabic athl.
Beersheba: Deuteronomy 16:21, Judges 3:7
called: Genesis 4:26, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 26:23, Genesis 26:25, Genesis 26:33
on the name: Dr. Shuckford justly contends, that the expression rendered, "he called on the name," signifies "he invoked in the name."
everlasting: Deuteronomy 33:27, Psalms 90:2, Isaiah 40:28, Isaiah 57:15, Jeremiah 10:10, Romans 1:20, Romans 16:26, 1 Timothy 1:17
Reciprocal: Genesis 13:1 - the south Genesis 14:22 - possessor Genesis 21:14 - Beersheba Genesis 28:22 - God's Genesis 33:20 - altar Genesis 46:1 - Beersheba Leviticus 17:5 - in the open 2 Chronicles 19:4 - Beersheba Amos 5:5 - Beersheba
34.
And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.