Genesis 21:13

And also the son of the handmaid will I set for a people, because he is thy son.

Targum Onkelos

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 the Lord said to Abraham, Let it not be evil in thine eyes concerning the youth and concerning thine handmaid. All that Sarah saith to thee receive from her, because in Izhak shall thy sons be called to thee.

14And Abraham rose up in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water, and gave to Hagar, setting upon her shoulder, and the youth, and dismissed her. And she went, and wandered in the desert of the well of Shava ( Beara de Shava).

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Cross References

Genesis 16:10And the Angel of the Lord said to her: Multiplying I will multiply thy sons, and they shall not be numbered for multitude.

Genesis 21:18Arise, take up the youth and strengthen thine hand in him, because for a great people have I appointed him.

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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