Genesis 21:1
Yahweh was very kind to Sarah, just as he said he would be. He did for Sarah exactly what he promised to do.
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
Genesis 17:19Then God replied, “ No! Your wife Sarah will bear a son for you. You must name him Isaac. I will establish my agreement with him, one which will be an everlasting agreement for him and his descendants.
Genesis 18:10Then the leader of the group said, “I will return to you ◄about this time/in the springtime► next year, and to your amazement, your wife Sarah will have an infant son.” It happened that Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent, which was behind the one who was speaking.
Genesis 50:24One day Joseph said to his older brothers, “I am about to die. But God will certainly ◄help/take care of► you. And some day he will lead your descendants up out of this land and take them to Canaan, the land that he solemnly promised to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Exodus 4:31They believed that what they/we were saying was true. When they heard that Yahweh had seen how the Israeli people were being cruelly oppressed and that he was going to help them, they bowed down and worshiped Yahweh.
Ruth 1:6One day while Naomi was in Moab, she heard someone say that Yahweh had helped his people in Israel and that now there was plenty of food to eat. So she prepared to return to Bethlehem.
2 Kings 4:17But a few months later, the woman became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son at that time the following year, just like Elisha had predicted.
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 →