Genesis 21:12
God said to Abraham, "Don't let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your handmaid. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For from Isaac will your seed be called.
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- Heb 11:18 : 18 even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;"
- Gen 17:19 : 19 God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
- Gen 17:21 : 21 But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year."
- 1 Sam 8:7 : 7 Yahweh said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.
- 1 Sam 8:9 : 9 Now therefore listen to their voice: however you shall protest solemnly to them, and shall show them the way of the king who shall reign over them."
- Isa 46:10 : 10 declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not [yet] done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;
- Rom 9:7-8 : 7 Neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your seed be called." 8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed.
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13I will also make a nation of the son of the handmaid, because he is your seed."
- Gen 17:18-214 verses83%
18Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"
19God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
20As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
21But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year."
- Gen 21:9-113 verses82%
9Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
10Therefore she said to Abraham, "Cast out this handmaid and her son! For the son of this handmaid will not be heir with my son, Isaac."
11The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son.
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18even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;"
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18In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."
- Gen 21:2-32 verses78%
2Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
3Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
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7Neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your seed be called."
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12Now this is the history of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore to Abraham.
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15God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.
- Gen 16:10-112 verses76%
10The angel of Yahweh said to her, "I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude."
11The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because Yahweh has heard your affliction.
- Gen 21:17-182 verses75%
17God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, "What ails you, Hagar? Don't be afraid. For God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.
18Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation."
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12He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."
- Gen 15:3-53 verses74%
3Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir."
4Behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir, but he who will come forth out of your own body will be your heir."
5Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."
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22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the free woman.
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2Sarai said to Abram, "See now, Yahweh has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my handmaid. It may be that I will obtain children by her." Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
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28The sons of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishmael.
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6But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes." Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
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5Abraham was one hundred years old when his son, Isaac, was born to him.
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16and said, "I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
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2He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of."
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4and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your seed with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham."
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9God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.
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18since Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?
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19This is the history of the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham became the father of Isaac.
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12The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your seed after you will I give the land."
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36Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master when she was old. He has given all that he has to him.
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15Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.