Genesis 21:1

And the Lord remembered Sarah as He had said; and the Lord did unto Sarah according as He had spoken.

Targum Onkelos

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

2And Sarah conceived and bare unto Abraham a son in his old age, in the time of which the Lord had told him.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:19And the Lord said, In verity Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Izhak; and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant to his sons after him.

Genesis 18:10And He said, Returning I will return to thee, according to the time that you shall revive, and, behold, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the door of the tent, and it was behind Him.

Genesis 50:24And Joseph said to his brethren, I die; but the Lord remembering will remember you, and bring you up from, this land to the land of which He sware to Abraham, to Izhak, and to Jakob.

Exodus 4:31And the people believed, and understood (heard) that the Lord had remembered the sons of Israel, and that heir slavery was manifest before him; and they bowed, and adored.

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 →

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