Genesis 21:1
Yahweh paid attention to Sarah as he had said he would, and Yahweh did for Sarah just as he had promised.
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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 17:19God said, “No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you must name him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant with his descendants after him.
Genesis 18:10He said, “I will certainly return to you in the springtime, and see, Sarah your wife will have a son.” Sarah was listening in the tent doorway, which was behind him.
Genesis 50:24Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die; but God will surely come to you and lead you up out of this land to the land which he swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
Exodus 4:31The people believed. When they heard that Yahweh had observed the Israelites and that he had seen their oppression, then they bowed their heads and worshiped him.
Ruth 1:6Then Naomi decided to leave Moab with her daughters-in-law and return to Judah because she had heard in the region of Moab that Yahweh had helped his people in need and had given them food.
2 Kings 4:17But the woman conceived and gave birth to a son at the same time in the following year, as Elisha had said to her.
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 →