Genesis 21:12
And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in your sight because of the lad, and because of your bondwoman; in all that Sarah has said unto you, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall your seed be called.
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In Context
11And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.
13And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is your seed.
Cross References
Genesis 17:21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto you at this set time in the next year.
1 Samuel 8:9Now therefore hearken unto their voice: nevertheless yet protest solemnly unto them, and show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
Romans 9:7Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall your seed 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 →