Genesis 21:13

Yet I will also make the son of the woman servant into a great nation, for he is your offspring.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

In Context

12And God said to him: “Let it not seem harsh to you concerning the boy and your woman servant. In all that Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice. For your offspring will be invoked in Isaac.

14And so Abraham arose in the morning, and taking bread and a skin of water, he placed it upon her shoulder, and he handed over the boy, and he released her. And when she had departed, she wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:10And again he said, “I will multiply your offspring continuously, and they will not be numbered because of their multitude.”

Genesis 21:18Rise up. Take the boy and hold him by the hand. For I will make of him a great nation.”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 21:10-14

Hagar and Ishmael Expelled. ( b. c. 1892.) 9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had borne unto Abraham, mocking. 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. 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,… Read the whole commentary →

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