Genesis 21:13

But I will also make the son of the slave-girl into a nation, because he is your son.”

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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

12But the Lord said to Abraham, “Do not be displeased because of the boy and because of your slave-girl. Listen to all that Sarah says to you, for only through the line of Isaac will your name be perpetuated.

14Then Abraham got up early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, and he put the boy upon her shoulder and sent her away. So she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:10Moreover the messenger of the Lord said to her, “I will make your descendants so many that they can not be numbered because they are so numerous.”

Genesis 21:18Rise, lift him up, and hold him fast by the hand, for I will make 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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