Genesis 21:12
But 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.
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- Heb 11:18 : 18 God had told him,“Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,”
- Gen 17:19 : 19 God said,“No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.
- Gen 17:21 : 21 But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”
- 1 Sam 8:7 : 7 The LORD said to Samuel,“Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.
- 1 Sam 8:9 : 9 So now do as they say. But you must warn them and make them aware of the policies of the king who will rule over them.”
- Isa 46:10 : 10 who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says,‘My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,’
- Rom 9:7-8 : 7 nor are all the children Abraham’s true descendants; rather“through Isaac will your descendants be counted.” 8 This means it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God; rather, the children of promise are counted as descendants.
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13But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too.”
- Gen 17:18-214 verses83%
18Abraham said to God,“O that Ishmael might live before you!”
19God said,“No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.
20As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation.
21But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”
- Gen 21:9-113 verses82%
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!”
11Sarah’s demand displeased Abraham greatly because Ishmael was his son.
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18God had told him,“Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,”
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18Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.’”
- Gen 21:2-32 verses78%
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.
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7nor are all the children Abraham’s true descendants; rather“through Isaac will your descendants be counted.”
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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.
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15Then God said to Abraham,“As for your wife, you must no longer call her Sarai; Sarah will be her name.
- Gen 16:10-112 verses76%
10I will greatly multiply your descendants,” the LORD’s angel added,“so that they will be too numerous to count.”
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 21:17-182 verses75%
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.
18Get up! Help the boy up and hold him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
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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.”
- Gen 15:3-53 verses74%
3Abram added,“Since you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!”
4But look, the LORD’s message came to him:“This man will not be your heir, but instead a son who comes from your own body will be your heir.”
5The LORD took him outside and said,“Gaze into the sky and count the stars– if you are able to count them!” Then he said to him,“So will your descendants be.”
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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.
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2So Sarai said to Abram,“Since the LORD has prevented me from having children, please sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have a family by her.” Abram did what Sarai told him.
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28The sons of Abraham:Isaac and Ishmael.
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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.
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5(Now Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.)
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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,
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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.”
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4May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.”
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9Then God said to Abraham,“As for you, you must keep the covenantal requirement I am imposing on you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.
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18After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth may receive blessing through him.
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19Jacob and Esau This is the account of Isaac, the son of Abraham.Abraham became the father of Isaac.
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12The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you. To your descendants I will also give this land.”
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36My master’s wife Sarah bore a son to him when she was old, and my master has given him everything he owns.
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15So Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son, whom Abram named Ishmael.