Genesis 21:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.

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  • Gen 16:15 : 15 And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called his son's name, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
  • Gal 4:29 : 29 But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now.
  • Gen 16:1 : 1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children; and she had a maidservant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
  • Ps 44:13-14 : 13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to those that are around us. 14 You make us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
  • Prov 20:11 : 11 Even a child is known by his deeds, whether his work is pure and right.
  • Lam 1:7 : 7 Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none helped her: the adversaries saw her and mocked at her sabbaths.
  • Gal 4:22 : 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman.
  • Gen 16:3-6 : 3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. 4 And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. 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.
  • Heb 11:36 : 36 Still others had trials of cruel mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment.
  • Gen 17:20 : 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes he shall beget, and I will make him a great nation.
  • 2 Kgs 2:23-24 : 23 And he went up from there to Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead. 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tore forty-two children of them.
  • 2 Chr 30:10 : 10 So the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
  • 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
  • Neh 4:1-5 : 1 But it happened that when Sanballat heard we were building the wall, he was angry, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. 2 And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones from the heaps of rubbish that are burned? 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, Even what they build, if a fox goes up, he will break down their stone wall. 4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them as prey in a land of captivity: 5 Do not cover their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before you: for they have provoked you to anger before the builders.
  • Job 30:1 : 1 But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
  • Ps 22:6 : 6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
  • Ps 42:10 : 10 As with a sword in my bones, my enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is your God?

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  • Gen 21:10-17
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    10Therefore 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.

    11And the matter was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.

    12But 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.

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

    14And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away. So she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

    15And the water was used up in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

    16And 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.

    17And 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 16:3-6
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    3And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

    4And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

    5And 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.

    6But 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 25:12
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    12Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore to Abraham:

  • Gen 21:6-8
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    6And Sarah said, God has made me laugh, so that all who hear will laugh with me.

    7And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.

    8And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.

  • Gen 16:1
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    1Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children; and she had a maidservant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

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

  • Gal 4:30
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    30Nevertheless 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 18:15
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    15Then Sarah denied, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And he said, No; but you did laugh.

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

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

  • Gen 16:8
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    8And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, where have you come from, and where will you go? And she said, I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.

  • Gen 18:13
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    13And the LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?

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

  • Gen 17:21
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    21But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this set time next year.

  • Gen 17:17
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    17Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?

  • Gen 39:17
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    17And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me: