Genesis 21:11

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The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son.

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  • Gen 17:18 : 18 And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under Your blessing!"
  • Heb 12:11 : 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
  • Gen 22:1-2 : 1 After these events, God tested Abraham and said to him, 'Abraham!' And he replied, 'Here I am.' 2 Then God said, 'Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.'
  • Matt 10:37 : 37 The one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and the one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

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  • Gen 21:12-13
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    82%

    12But God said to Abraham, 'Do not be distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.'

    13'I will also make the son of the slave woman into a nation because he is your offspring.'

  • Gen 21:9-10
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    9But Sarah saw the son whom Hagar, the Egyptian, had borne to Abraham laughing mockingly.

    10And she said to Abraham, 'Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.'

  • Gen 26:35
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    35They were a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

  • Gen 22:9-10
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    9When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there, arranged the wood on it, bound his son Isaac, and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

    10Then Abraham reached out his hand, took the knife, and prepared to slaughter his son.

  • Gen 18:20
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    20Then the LORD said, 'The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is very grave.

  • Gen 21:16-17
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    16Then she went and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said to herself, 'I cannot watch the boy die.' And as she sat there, she began to weep loudly.

    17God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, 'What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid. God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.

  • Gen 22:12-13
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    12The angel said, 'Do not lay a hand on the boy. Do not harm him in any way, for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.'

    13Then Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in a thicket. So he went and took the ram, and he offered it as a burnt offering instead of his son.

  • Gen 17:18
    70%

    18And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under Your blessing!"

  • Gen 16:5-6
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    5Then Sarai said to Abram, "The wrong done to me is your fault. I gave my maidservant into your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, I am despised in her eyes. May the LORD judge between you and me."

    6Abram said to Sarai, "Your maidservant is in your hands; do with her whatever you think is best." Then Sarai mistreated Hagar, and she fled from her presence.

  • Gen 22:2
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    2Then God said, 'Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.'

  • Gen 22:16
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    16and said, 'By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

  • Gen 21:2-3
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    2Sarah became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time God had promised him.

    3Abraham named his son, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

  • Gen 25:12
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    12This is the account of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.

  • Gal 4:30
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    30But what does the Scripture say? 'Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.'

  • Gen 21:5
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    5Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

  • Gal 4:22
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    22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman.

  • Gen 24:6
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    6Abraham said to him, "Make sure that you do not take my son back there.

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his only son,

    18even though it was said to him, 'Through Isaac your descendants will be named.'

  • Gen 16:11
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    11The angel of the LORD said to her, "You are now pregnant and will give birth to a son. You shall name him Ishmael, because the LORD has heard of your misery."

  • Gen 17:23
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    23On that very day, Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and circumcised them, as God had told him.

  • Gen 16:15
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    15Hagar bore a son to Abram, and Abram named the son whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

  • Gen 15:3
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    3And Abram said, "You have given me no children, so a servant in my household will be my heir."