Genesis 21:12
But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name.
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- Heb 11:18 : 18 Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name:
- Gen 17:19 : 19 And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.
- Gen 17:21 : 21 But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.
- 1 Sam 8:7 : 7 And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to the voice of the people and what they say to you: they have not been turned away from you, but they have been turned away from me, not desiring me to be king over them.
- 1 Sam 8:9 : 9 Give ear now to their voice: but make a serious protest to them, and give them a picture of the sort of king who will be their ruler.
- Isa 46:10 : 10 Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;
- Rom 9:7-8 : 7 And they are not all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, In Isaac will your seed be named. 8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.
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13And I will make a nation of the son of your servant-woman, because he is your seed.
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18And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!
19And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.
20As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.
21But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.
- Gen 21:9-113 verses82%
9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian playing with Isaac.
10So she said to Abraham, Send away that woman and her son: for the son of that woman is not to have a part in the heritage with my son Isaac.
11And this was a great grief to Abraham because of his son.
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18Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name:
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18And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave you orders to do.
- Gen 21:2-32 verses78%
2And Sarah became with child, and gave Abraham a son when he was old, at the time named by God.
3And Abraham gave to his son, to whom Sarah had given birth, the name Isaac.
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7And they are not all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, In Isaac will your seed be named.
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12Now these are the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whose mother was Hagar the Egyptian, the servant of Sarah:
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15And God said, As for Sarai, your wife, from now her name will be not Sarai, but Sarah.
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10And the angel of the Lord said, Your seed will be greatly increased so that it may not be numbered.
11And the angel of the Lord said, See, you are with child and will give birth to a son, to whom you will give the name Ishmael, because the ears of the Lord were open to your sorrow.
- Gen 21:17-182 verses75%
17And the boy's cry came to the ears of God; and the angel of God said to Hagar from heaven, Hagar, why are you weeping? have no fear, for the child's cry has come to the ears of God.
18Come, take your child in your arms, for I will make of him a great nation.
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12And he said, Let not your hand be stretched out against the boy to do anything to him; for now I am certain that the fear of God is in your heart, because you have not kept back your son, your only son, from me.
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3And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.
4Then said the Lord, This man will not get the heritage, but a son of your body will have your property after you.
5And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.
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22Because it is in the Writings, that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant-woman, and one by the free woman.
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2And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.
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28The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.
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6And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.
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5Now Abraham was a hundred years old when the birth of Isaac took place.
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16Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,
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2And he said to him, Take your son, your dearly loved only son Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah and give him as a burned offering on one of the mountains of which I will give you knowledge.
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4And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.
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9And God said to Abraham, On your side, you are to keep the agreement, you and your seed after you through all generations.
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18Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing?
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19Now these are the generations of Abraham's son Isaac:
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12And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you; and to your seed after you I will give the land.
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36And when Sarah, my master's wife, was old, she gave birth to a son, to whom he has given all he has.
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15And Hagar gave birth to a child, the son of Abram, to whom Abram gave the name of Ishmael.