Genesis 21:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the matter was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.

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  • Gen 17:18 : 18 And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before you!
  • Heb 12:11 : 11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful: nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
  • Gen 22:1-2 : 1 And it happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. 2 And He said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah; and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.
  • 2 Sam 18:33 : 33 And the king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! If only I had died for you, O Absalom, my son, my son!
  • Matt 10:37 : 37 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he 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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    12 But God said to Abraham, Do not let it be grievous in your sight because of the lad and because of your bondwoman. In all that Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for in Isaac shall your seed be called.

    13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is your seed.

  • Gen 21:9-10
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    9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.

    10 Therefore she said to Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son, for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

  • Gen 26:35
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    35 Which were a grief of mind to Isaac and to Rebekah.

  • Gen 22:9-10
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    9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

    10 And Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

  • Gen 18:20
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    20 And the LORD said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is very grievous,

  • Gen 21:16-17
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    16 And she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about a bowshot away; for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. So she sat opposite him and lifted up her voice, and wept.

    17 And God heard the voice of the lad, and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven and said to her, What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not; for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.

  • Gen 22:12-13
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    12 And he said, Do not lay your hand upon the boy, nor do anything to him: for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son from me.

    13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

  • Gen 17:18
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    18 And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before you!

  • Gen 16:5-6
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    5 And Sarai said to Abram, My wrong be upon you; I have given my maid into your arms, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. The LORD judge between me and you.

    6 But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, your maid is in your hand; do to her as it pleases you. And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her presence.

  • Gen 22:2
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    2 And He said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah; and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.

  • Gen 22:16
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    16 And said, By myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son:

  • Gen 21:2-3
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    2 For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

    3 And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

  • Gen 25:12
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    12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore to Abraham:

  • Gal 4:30
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    30 Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? 'Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.'

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

  • Gal 4:22
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    22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman.

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

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

    18 of whom it was said, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called,'

  • Gen 16:11
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    11 And the angel of the LORD said to her, Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has heard your affliction.

  • Gen 17:23
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    23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin that very same day, as God had said to him.

  • Gen 16:15
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    15 And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called his son's name, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

  • Gen 15:3
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    3 And Abram said, Behold, to me You have given no offspring: and, lo, one born in my house is my heir.