Genesis 21:10
She said to Abraham, ‘Drive out this slave-girl and her son, for the son of this slave-girl will never be heir with my son Isaac’
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In Context
9But Sarah saw the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac.
11This request was very displeasing to Abraham because the boy was his son.
Cross References
Genesis 17:19But God said, ‘No. But Sarah your wife is about to bear your a son; call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
Genesis 20:11Abraham answered, ‘Because I thought, “Surely reverence for God is not in this place and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.”
Genesis 25:6But to the sons of his concubines, Abraham had given gifts while he was still alive, and had sent them away from Isaac his son, eastward, to the east country.
Genesis 36:6Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the members of his household and his cattle and all his beasts and all his possessions which he had gathered in the land of Canaan and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.
Matthew 8:11Yes, and many will come in from East and West and take their places beside Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven;
John 8:35And a slave does not remain in the home always; but a son remains always.
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 →