Genesis 21:11

Webster's Bible (1833)

The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 17:18 : 18 Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"
  • Heb 12:11 : 11 All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
  • Gen 22:1-2 : 1 It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" He said, "Here I am." 2 He 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."
  • 2 Sam 18:33 : 33 The king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for you, 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 isn't worthy of me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 21:12-13
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    82%

    12God 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.

    13Also of the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is your seed."

  • Gen 21:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    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, even with Isaac."

  • Gen 26:35
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    35They grieved Isaac and Rebekah's spirits.

  • Gen 22:9-10
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    72%

    9They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.

    10Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.

  • Gen 18:20
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    20Yahweh said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,

  • Gen 21:16-17
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    16She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, "Don't let me see the death of the child." She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

    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.

  • Gen 22:12-13
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    70%

    12He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."

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

  • Gen 17:18
    70%

    18Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"

  • Gen 16:5-6
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    5Sarai said to Abram, "This wrong is your fault. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. Yahweh judge between me and you."

    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.

  • Gen 22:2
    70%

    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."

  • Gen 22:16
    70%

    16and said, "I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,

  • Gen 21:2-3
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    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 bare to him, Isaac.{Isaac means "He laughs."}

  • Gen 25:12
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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.

  • Gal 4:30
    69%

    30However what does the Scripture say? "Throw out the handmaid and her son, for the son of the handmaid will not inherit with the son of the free woman."

  • Gen 21:5
    69%

    5Abraham was one 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 handmaid, and one by the free woman.

  • Gen 24:6
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    6Abraham said to him, "Beware that you don't bring my son there again.

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son;

    18even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;"

  • Gen 16:11
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    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 17:23
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    23Abraham took Ishmael his son, 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 in the same day, as God had said to him.

  • Gen 16:15
    68%

    15Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

  • Gen 15:3
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    3Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir."