Genesis 21:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy handmaid; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֗ם אַל־יֵרַ֤ע בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ עַל־הַנַּ֣עַר וְעַל־אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ כֹּל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר תֹּאמַ֥ר אֵלֶ֛יךָ שָׂרָ֖ה שְׁמַ֣ע בְּקֹלָ֑הּ כִּ֣י בְיִצְחָ֔ק יִקָּרֵ֥א לְךָ֖ זָֽרַע׃

Transliteration

And yōʾmer ʾĕlōhîm to-ʾAbrāhām not-yēraʿ in-ʿêneykā on-hannaʿar and-on-ʾămātekā all ʾăšer tōʾmar to-you Śārāh šəmaʿ in-qōlāh kî in-Yiṣḥāq yiqqārēʾ to-you zāraʿ.

Grammar Details

*wə-*: conjunction - and
*yōʾmer*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - he said
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun (used as singular) - God
*ʾel*: preposition - to/toward
*ʾAbrāhām*: proper noun - Abraham
*ʾal*: negative particle for imperatives - do not
*yēraʿ*: qal jussive, 3rd masculine singular - let it be bad
*bə-*: preposition - in/through
*ʿêneykā*: dual construct noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your eyes
*ʿal*: preposition - on/concerning
*ha-*: definite article - the
*naʿar*: masculine singular noun - boy/lad
*ʾămātekā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your maidservant
*kōl*: construct - all of
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*tōʾmar*: qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - she says
*ʾēleykā*: preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you
*Śārāh*: proper noun - Sarah
*šəmaʿ*: qal imperative, masculine singular - listen
*qōlāh*: masculine singular noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her voice
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*Yiṣḥāq*: proper noun - Isaac
*yiqqārēʾ*: niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will be called
*ləkā*: preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - to/for you
*zāraʿ*: masculine singular noun - seed/offspring

Word Meanings

*yōʾmer*: said/spoke
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings (here used as singular)
*yēraʿ*: let it be bad/let it be grievous/let it be displeasing
*ʿêneykā*: your eyes/your sight
*naʿar*: boy/lad/young man/servant
*ʾămātekā*: your maidservant/your female slave
*tōʾmar*: says/tells/speaks
*šəmaʿ*: listen/hear/obey
*qōlāh*: her voice/her words
*yiqqārēʾ*: will be called/will be named/will be recognized
*zāraʿ*: seed/offspring/descendants

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Heb 11:18 : 18 [None even he] to whom it was said, {G3754} In Isaac shall thy seed be called:
Gen 17:19 : 19 And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
Gen 17:21 : 21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
1 Sam 8:7 : 7 And Jehovah said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee; for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.
1 Sam 8:9 : 9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit thou shalt protest solemnly unto them, and shalt show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
Isa 46:10 : 10 declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not [yet] done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;
Rom 9:7-8 : 7 neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. 8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Gen 21:13
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18And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!
19And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
20And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
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Gen 21:9-11
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9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, mocking.
10Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son: for the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
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Heb 11:18
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Gen 22:18
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2And Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
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Rom 9:7
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Gen 16:10-11
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Gen 21:17-18
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Gen 15:3-5
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Gal 4:22
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Gen 16:2
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Gen 28:4
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Gen 17:9
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Gen 18:18
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Gen 25:19
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Gen 35:12
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Gen 24:36
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Gen 16:15
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