Genesis 21:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

But God said vnto Abraham, Let it not be grieuous in thy sight for the childe, and for thy bonde woman: in all that Sarah shall say vnto thee, heare her voyce: for in Izhak shall thy seede be called.

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  • Heb 11:18 : 18 (To whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seede be called.)
  • Gen 17:19 : 19 Then God saide, Sarah thy wife shall beare thee a sonne in deede, and thou shalt call his name Izhak: and I will establish my couenant with him for an euerlasting couenant, and with his seede after him.
  • Gen 17:21 : 21 But my couenant will I establish with Izhak, which Sarah shall beare vnto thee, the next yeere at this season.
  • 1 Sam 8:7 : 7 And the Lord said vnto Samuel, Heare the voyce of the people in all that they shall say vnto thee: for they haue not cast thee away, but they haue cast me away, that I should not reigne ouer the.
  • 1 Sam 8:9 : 9 Nowe therefore hearken vnto their voyce: howbeit yet testifie vnto them, and shewe them the maner of ye King that shall reigne ouer them.
  • Isa 46:10 : 10 Which declare the last thing from the beginning: and from of olde, the things that were not done, saying, My counsell shall stand, and I will doe whatsoeuer I will.
  • Rom 9:7-8 : 7 Neither are they all children, because they are the seede of Abraham: but, In Isaac shall thy seede be called: 8 That is, they which are the children of the flesh, are not the children of God: but the children of the promes, are counted for the seede.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 13 As for the sonne of the bond woman, I will make him a nation also, because he is thy seede.

  • Gen 17:18-21
    4 verses
    83%

    18 And Abraham saide vnto God, Oh, that Ishmael might liue in thy sight.

    19 Then God saide, Sarah thy wife shall beare thee a sonne in deede, and thou shalt call his name Izhak: and I will establish my couenant with him for an euerlasting couenant, and with his seede after him.

    20 And as concerning Ishmael, I haue heard thee: loe, I haue blessed him, and will make him fruitfull, and will multiplie him exceedingly: twelue princes shall he beget, and I will make a great nation of him.

    21 But my couenant will I establish with Izhak, which Sarah shall beare vnto thee, the next yeere at this season.

  • Gen 21:9-11
    3 verses
    82%

    9 And Sarah sawe the sonne of Hagar the Egyptian (which she had borne vnto Abraham) mocking.

    10 Wherefore she saide vnto Abraham, Cast out this bond woman and her sonne: for ye sonne of this bonde woman shall not be heire with my sonne Izhak.

    11 And this thing was very grieuous in Abrahams sight, because of his sonne.

  • 18 (To whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seede be called.)

  • 18 And in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voyce.

  • Gen 21:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2 For Sarah conceiued, and bare Abraham a sonne in his olde age, at the same season that God tolde him.

    3 And Abraham called his sonnes name that was borne vnto him, which Sarah bare him, Izhak.

  • 7 Neither are they all children, because they are the seede of Abraham: but, In Isaac shall thy seede be called:

  • 12 Nowe these are the generations of Ishmael Abrahams sonne, whome Hagar the Egyptian Sarahs handmayde bare vnto Abraham.

  • 15 Afterward God said vnto Abraham, Sarai thy wife shalt thou not call Sarai, but Sarah shalbe her name.

  • Gen 16:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10 Againe the Angel of the Lorde saide vnto her, I will so greatly increase thy seede, that it shal not be numbred for multitude.

    11 Also the Angel of the Lord said vnto her, See, thou art with childe, and shalt beare a sonne, and shalt call his name Ishmael: for the Lorde hath heard thy tribulation.

  • Gen 21:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17 Then God heard the voyce of ye childe, and the Angel of God called to Hagar from heauen, and said vnto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? feare not, for God hath heard the voyce of the childe where he is.

    18 Arise, take vp the childe, and holde him in thine hand: for I will make of him a great people.

  • 12 Then he said, Lay not thine hand vpon the childe, neither doe any thing vnto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing for my sake thou hast not spared thine onely sonne.

  • Gen 15:3-5
    3 verses
    74%

    3 Againe Abram saide, Beholde, to me thou hast giuen no seede: wherefore loe, a seruant of mine house shalbe mine heire.

    4 Then beholde, the worde of the Lorde came vnto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heire, but one that shall come out of thine owne bowels, he shalbe thine heire.

    5 Moreouer he brought him forth and said, Looke vp nowe vnto heauen, and tell ye starres, if thou be able to number them: and he said vnto him, So shall thy seede be.

  • 22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sonnes, one by a seruant, and one by a free woman.

  • 2 And Sarai said vnto Abram, Beholde now, the Lorde hath restrained me from childe bearing. I pray thee goe in vnto my maide: it may be that I shall receiue a childe by her; Abram obeyed the voyce of Sarai.

  • 28 The sonnes of Abraham were Izhak, and Ishmael.

  • 6 Then Abram saide to Sarai, Beholde, thy maide is in thine hand: doe with her as it pleaseth thee. Then Sarai dealt roughly with her: wherefore she fled from her.

  • 5 So Abraham was an hundreth yeere olde, when his sonne Izhak was borne vnto him.

  • 16 And saide, By my selfe haue I sworne (saith ye Lord) because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thine onely sonne,

  • 2 And he said, Take nowe thine onely sonne Izhak whom thou louest, and get thee vnto the land of Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt offering vpon one of the mountaines, which I will shewe thee.

  • 4 And giue thee the blessing of Abraham, euen to thee & to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest inherite the lande (wherein thou art a stranger,) which God gaue vnto Abraham.

  • 9 Againe God said vnto Abraham, Thou also shalt keepe my couenant, thou, and thy seede after thee in their generations.

  • 18 Seeing that Abraham shalbe in deede a great and a mightie nation, and all the nations of the earth shalbe blessed in him?

  • 19 Likewise these are the generations of Izhak Abrahams sonne Abraham begate Izhak,

  • 12 Also I will giue the lande, which I gaue to Abraham and Izhak, vnto thee: and vnto thy seede after thee will I giue that land.

  • 36 And Sarah my masters wife hath borne a sonne to my master, when she was olde, and vnto him hath he giuen all that he hath.

  • 15 And Hagar bare Abram a sonne, and Abram called his sonnes name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.