Genesis 21:13

And also of the ben haamah will I make a nation, because he is thy zera.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 Elohim said unto Avraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the na'ar, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, shema (pay heed) unto her voice; for in Yitzchak shall thy zera be called.

14And Avraham rose up early in the boker, and took lechem, and a skin of mayim, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the yeled, and sent her away; and she departed, and wandered in the midbar of Be'er-Sheva.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:10And the Malach Hashem said unto her, I will multiply thy zera exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Genesis 21:18Arise, lift up the na'ar, and hold him in thine yad; for I will make him a goy gadol.

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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