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Genesis Chapter 21

Genesis

gen 21:0

Overview

Gen 21:1, Isaac is born, and circumcised; Gen 21:6, Sarah's joy; Gen 21:8, Isaac is weaned; Gen 21:9, Hagar and Ishmael are cast forth; Gen 21:15, Hagar in distress; Gen 21:17, The angel relieves and comforts her; Gen 21:23, Abimelech's covenant with Abraham at Beer-sheba.

Genesis 21:1

gen 21:1

visited: Gen 50:24; Exo 3:16, Exo 4:31, Exo 20:5; Rut 1:6; Sa1 2:21; Psa 106:4; Luk 1:68, Luk 19:44; Rom 4:17-20

Sarah as: Gen 17:19, Gen 18:10, Gen 18:14; Psa 12:6; Mat 24:35; Gal 4:23, Gal 4:28; Tit 1:2

Genesis 21:2

gen 21:2

conceived: Kg2 4:16, Kg2 4:17; Luk 1:24, Luk 1:25, Luk 1:36; Act 7:8; Gal 4:22; Heb 11:11

at the set: Gen 17:19, Gen 17:21, Gen 18:10, Gen 18:14; Rom 9:9

Genesis 21:3

gen 21:3

Gen 21:6, Gen 21:12, Gen 17:19, Gen 22:2; Jos 24:3; Mat 1:2; Act 7:8; Rom 9:7; Heb 11:18

Genesis 21:4

gen 21:4

Gen 17:10-12; Exo 12:48; Lev 12:3; Deu 12:32; Luk 1:6, Luk 1:59, Luk 2:21; Joh 7:22, Joh 7:23; Act 7:8

Genesis 21:5

gen 21:5

Gen 17:1, Gen 17:17; Rom 4:19

Genesis 21:6

gen 21:6

God: Gen 17:17, Gen 18:12-15; Sa1 1:26-28, Sa1 2:1-10; Psa 113:9, Psa 126:2; Isa 49:15, Isa 49:21; Isa 54:1; Luk 1:46-55; Joh 16:21, Joh 16:22; Gal 4:27, Gal 4:28; Heb 11:11

to laugh: Sarah most likely remembered the circumstance mentioned in Gen 18:12; and also the name Isaac, which implies laughter.

will laugh: Luk 1:14, Luk 1:58; Rom 12:15

Genesis 21:7

gen 21:7

Who: Num 23:23; Deu 4:32-34; Psa 86:8, Psa 86:10; Isa 49:21, Isa 66:8; Eph 3:10; Th2 1:10

for I: Gen 18:11, Gen 18:12

Genesis 21:8

gen 21:8

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and was: Sa1 1:22; Psa 131:2; Hos 1:8

feast: Gen 19:3, Gen 26:30, Gen 29:22, Gen 40:20; Jdg 14:10, Jdg 14:12; Sa1 25:36; Sa2 3:20; Kg1 3:15; Est 1:3

Genesis 21:9

gen 21:9

Sarah: Gen 16:3-6, Gen 16:15, Gen 17:20

Egyptian: Gen 16:1, Gen 16:15

mocking: Kg2 2:23, Kg2 2:24; Ch2 30:10, Ch2 36:16; Neh 4:1-5; Job 30:1; Psa 22:6, Psa 42:10; Psa 44:13, Psa 44:14; Pro 20:11; Lam 1:7; Gal 4:22, Gal 4:29; Heb 11:36

Genesis 21:10

gen 21:10

Cast out: The word rendered "cast out," signifies also to divorce. See note on Lev 21:7. In this latter sense, it may be understood here. Gen 25:6, Gen 25:19, Gen 17:19, Gen 17:21, Gen 20:11, Gen 22:10, Gen 36:6, Gen 36:7; Mat 8:11, Mat 8:12, Mat 22:13; Joh 8:35; Gal 4:22-31; Jo1 2:19

heir: Joh 8:35; Gal 3:18, Gal 4:7; Pe1 1:4; Jo1 2:19

Genesis 21:11

gen 21:11

because: Gen 17:18, Gen 22:1, Gen 22:2; Sa2 18:33; Mat 10:37; Heb 12:11

Genesis 21:12

gen 21:12

hearken: Sa1 8:7, Sa1 8:9; Isa 46:10

in Isaac: Gen 17:19, Gen 17:21; Rom 9:7, Rom 9:8; Heb 11:18

Genesis 21:13

gen 21:13

Gen 21:18, Gen 16:10, Gen 17:20, Gen 25:12-18

Genesis 21:14

gen 21:14

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rose up: Gen 19:27, Gen 22:3, Gen 24:54, Gen 26:31; Psa 119:60; Pro 27:14; Ecc 9:10

took: Gen 25:6, Gen 36:6, Gen 36:7

child: Or, youth (See note on Gen 21:12, and See note on Gen 21:20), as Ishmael was now 16 or 17 years of age.

sent: Joh 8:35

wandered: Gen 16:7, Gen 37:15; Psa 107:4; Isa 16:8; Gal 4:23-25

Beersheba: So called when Moses wrote; but not before Abraham's covenant with Abimelech, Gen 21:31. Such instances of the figure prolepsis are not infrequent in the Pentateuch Gen 21:33, Gen 22:19, Gen 26:33, Gen 46:1; Kg1 19:3

Genesis 21:15

gen 21:15

the water: Gen 21:14; Exo 15:22-25, Exo 17:1-3; Kg2 3:9; Psa 63:1; Isa 44:12; Jer 14:3

and she cast the child: Or, "and she sent the lad," to screen him from the intensity of the heat.

Genesis 21:16

gen 21:16

Let: Gen 44:34; Kg1 3:26; Est 8:6; Isa 49:15; Zac 12:10; Luk 15:20

lift: Gen 27:38, Gen 29:11; Jdg 2:4; Rut 1:9; Sa1 24:16, Sa1 30:4

Genesis 21:17

gen 21:17

heard: Gen 16:11; Exo 3:7, Exo 22:23, Exo 22:27; Kg2 13:4, Kg2 13:23; Psa 50:15, Psa 65:2, Psa 91:15; Mat 15:32

the angel: Gen 16:9, Gen 16:11

What: Jdg 18:23; Sa1 11:5; Isa 22:1

fear: Gen 15:1, Gen 46:3; Exo 14:13; Psa 107:4-6; Isa 41:10, Isa 41:13, Isa 41:14, Isa 43:1, Isa 43:2; Mar 5:36

Genesis 21:18

gen 21:18

I will: Gen 21:13, Gen 16:10, Gen 17:20, Gen 25:12-18; Ch1 1:29-31

Genesis 21:19

gen 21:19

Num 22:31; Kg2 6:17-20; Isa 35:5, Isa 35:6; Luke 24:16-31

Genesis 21:20

gen 21:20

God: Gen 17:20, Gen 28:15, Gen 39:2, Gen 39:3, Gen 39:21; Jdg 6:12, Jdg 13:24, Jdg 13:25; Luk 1:80, Luk 2:40

an archer: Gen 10:9, Gen 16:12, Gen 25:27, Gen 27:3, Gen 49:23, Gen 49:24

Genesis 21:21

gen 21:21

in the: Num 10:12, Num 12:16, Num 13:3, Num 13:26; Sa1 25:1

a wife: Gen 24:3, Gen 24:4, Gen 26:34, Gen 26:35, Gen 27:46, Gen 28:1, Gen 28:2; Jdg 14:2; Co1 7:38

Genesis 21:22

gen 21:22

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Abimelech: Gen 20:2, Gen 26:26

God: Gen 20:17, Gen 26:28, Gen 28:15, Gen 30:27, Gen 39:2, Gen 39:3; Jos 3:7; Ch2 1:1; Isa 8:10, Isa 45:14; Zac 8:23; Mat 1:23; Rom 8:31; Co1 14:25; Heb 13:5; Rev 3:9

Genesis 21:23

gen 21:23

swear: Gen 14:22, Gen 14:23, Gen 24:3, Gen 26:28, Gen 31:44, Gen 31:53; Deu 6:13; Jos 2:12; Sa1 20:13, Sa1 20:17, Sa1 20:42; Sa1 24:21, Sa1 24:22, Sa1 30:15; Jer 4:2; Co2 1:23; Heb 6:16

that thou wilt not deal falsely with me: Heb. if thou shalt lie unto me

I have: Gen 20:14

Genesis 21:24

gen 21:24

Gen 14:13; Rom 12:18; Heb 6:16

Genesis 21:25

gen 21:25

reproved: Gen 26:15-22, Gen 29:8; Exo 2:15-17; Jdg 1:15; Pro 17:10, Pro 25:9, Pro 27:5; Mat 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: Gen 13:7, Gen 26:15-22; Exo 2:16, Exo 2:17

Genesis 21:26

gen 21:26

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. Gen 13:7; Kg2 5:20-24

Genesis 21:27

gen 21:27

took: Gen 14:22, Gen 14:23; Pro 17:8, Pro 18:16, Pro 18:24, Pro 21:14; Isa 32:8

made: Gen 26:28-31, Gen 31:44; Sa1 18:3; Eze 17:13; Rom 1:31; Gal 3:15

Genesis 21:29

gen 21:29

Gen 33:8; Exo 12:26; Sa1 15:14

Genesis 21:30

gen 21:30

a witness: Gen 31:44-48, Gen 31:52; Jos 22:27, Jos 22:28, Jos 24:27

Genesis 21:31

gen 21:31

called: Gen 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. Gen 21:14, Gen 26:23; Jos 15:28; Jdg 20:1; Sa2 17:11; Kg1 4:25

Genesis 21:32

gen 21:32

Gen 21:27, Gen 14:13, Gen 31:53; Sa1 18:3

the Philistines: Gen 10:14, Gen 26:8, Gen 26:14; Exo 13:17; Jdg 13:1

Genesis 21:33

gen 21:33

grove: or, tree, Amo 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: Deu 16:21; Jdg 3:7

called: Gen 4:26, Gen 12:8, Gen 26:23, Gen 26:25, Gen 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: Deu 33:27; Psa 90:2; Isa 40:28, Isa 57:15; Jer 10:10; Rom 1:20, Rom 16:26; Ti1 1:17

Genesis 21:34

gen 21:34

Gen 20:1; Ch1 29:15; Psa 39:12; Heb 11:9, Heb 11:13; Pe1 2:11


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