Genesis 21:11

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Sarah’s demand displeased Abraham greatly because Ishmael was his son.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 17:18 : 18 Abraham said to God,“O that Ishmael might live before you!”
  • Heb 12:11 : 11 Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it.
  • Gen 22:1-2 : 1 The Sacrifice of Isaac Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him,“Abraham!”“Here I am!” Abraham replied. 2 God said,“Take your son– your only son, whom you love, Isaac– and go to the land of Moriah! Offer him up there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will indicate to you.”
  • 2 Sam 18:33 : 33 (19:1) The king then became very upset. He went up to the upper room over the gate and wept. As he went he said,“My son, Absalom! My son, my son, Absalom! If only I could have died in your place! Absalom, my son, my son!”
  • Matt 10:37 : 37 “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

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  • Gen 21:12-13
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    12But God said to Abraham,“Do not be upset about the boy or your slave wife. Do all that Sarah is telling you because through Isaac your descendants will be counted.

    13But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too.”

  • Gen 21:9-10
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    9But Sarah noticed the son of Hagar the Egyptian– the son whom Hagar had borne to Abraham– mocking.

    10So she said to Abraham,“Banish that slave woman and her son, for the son of that slave woman will not be an heir along with my son Isaac!”

  • Gen 26:35
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    35They caused Isaac and Rebekah great anxiety.

  • Gen 22:9-10
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    9When they came to the place God had told him about, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood on it. Next he tied up his son Isaac and placed 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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    20So the LORD said,“The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant

  • Gen 21:16-17
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    16Then she went and sat down by herself across from him at quite a distance, about a bowshot, away; for she thought,“I refuse to watch the child die.” So she sat across from him and wept uncontrollably.

    17But God heard the boy’s voice. The angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her,“What is the matter, Hagar? Don’t be afraid, for God has heard the boy’s voice right where he is crying.

  • Gen 22:12-13
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    12“Do not harm the boy!” the angel said.“Do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me.”

    13Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram caught in the bushes by its horns. So he went over and got the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.

  • Gen 17:18
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    18Abraham said to God,“O that Ishmael might live before you!”

  • Gen 16:5-6
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    5Then Sarai said to Abram,“You have brought this wrong on me! I gave my servant into your embrace, but when she realized that she was pregnant, she despised me. May the LORD judge between you and me!”

    6Abram said to Sarai,“Since your servant is under your authority, do to her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai treated Hagar harshly, so she ran away from Sarai.

  • Gen 22:2
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    2God said,“Take your son– your only son, whom you love, Isaac– and go to the land of Moriah! Offer him up there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will indicate to you.”

  • Gen 22:16
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    16and said,“‘I solemnly swear by my own name,’ decrees the LORD,‘that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

  • Gen 21:2-3
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    2So Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the appointed time that God had told him.

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

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

  • Gal 4:30
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    30But what does the scripture say?“Throw out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman will not share the inheritance with the son” of the free woman.

  • Gen 21:5
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    5(Now Abraham was a 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 the other by the free woman.

  • Gen 24:6
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    6“Be careful never to take my son back there!” Abraham told him.

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

    18God had told him,“Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,”

  • Gen 16:11
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    11Then the LORD’s angel said to her,“You are now pregnant and are about to give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your painful groans.

  • Gen 17:23
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    23Abraham took his son Ishmael and every male in his household(whether born in his house or bought with money) and circumcised them on that very same day, just as God had told him to do.

  • Gen 16:15
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    15So Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son, whom Abram named Ishmael.

  • Gen 15:3
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    3Abram added,“Since you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!”