Genesis 21:12
Than the LORde sayde vnto Abraham: let it not be greavous vnto the because of the ladd and of thy bondmayde: But in all that Sara hath saide vnto the heare hir voyce for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
In The King James Version
In Context
11But the wordes semed verey greavous in Abrahams syghte because of his sonne.
13Moreouer of the sonne of the Bondwoman will I make a nation because he is thy seed.
Cross References
Genesis 17:21But my bonde will I make with Isaac which Sara shall bere vnto the: even this tyme twelue moneth.
Romans 9:7nether are they all chyldren strayght waye because they are the seed of Abraham. But in Isaac shall thy seede be called:
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 →