Genesis 21:13

Moreouer of the sonne of the Bondwoman will I make a nation because he is thy seed.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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

12Than 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.

14And Abraham rose vp early in the mornyng and toke brede and a bottell with water and gaue it vnto Hagar puttynge it on hir shulders wyth the lad also and sent her awaye. And she departed and wadred vpp and doune in the wyldernes of Berseba.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:10And the angell of ye LORde sayde vnto her: I will so encrease thy seed that it shall not be numbred for multitude.

Genesis 21:18Aryse and lyfte vp the lad and take hym in thy hande for I will make off him a greate people.

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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