Genesis 21:1
The Lord remembered what he had told Sarah, and he did as he had promised.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
In Context
2So Sarah had Abraham’s son in his old age at the fixed time of which God had told him.
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 18:10One of them said, “I will surely return to you about nine months from now, and then, Sarah your wife will have a son.” But Sarah was listening behind the door of the tent.
Genesis 50:24Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely remember you and bring you up from this land to the land which he promised by an oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”
Ruth 1:6So she set out with her daughters-in-law to return from the land of Moab, for she had heard that the Lord had remembered his people and given them food.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 21:1
In this chapter we have, I. Isaac, the child of promise born into Abraham's family, ver. 1-8 . II. Ishmael, the son of the bondwoman, cast out of it, ver. 9-21 . III. Abraham's league with his neighbour Abimelech, ver. 22-32 . IV. His devotion to his God, ver. 33 . Read the whole commentary →