Genesis 21:11
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.
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- Gen 21:12-132 verses82%
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.
13 Also of the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is your seed."
- Gen 21:9-102 verses79%
9 Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
10 Therefore 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."
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35 They grieved Isaac and Rebekah's spirits.
- Gen 22:9-102 verses72%
9 They 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.
10 Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.
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20 Yahweh said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
- Gen 21:16-172 verses71%
16 She 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.
17 God 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 22:12-132 verses70%
12 He 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."
13 Abraham 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.
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18 Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"
- Gen 16:5-62 verses70%
5 Sarai 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."
6 But 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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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."
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16 and said, "I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
- Gen 21:2-32 verses70%
2 Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
3 Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.{Isaac means "He laughs."}
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12 Now 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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30 However 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."
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5 Abraham was one hundred years old when his son, Isaac, was born to him.
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22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the free woman.
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6 Abraham said to him, "Beware that you don't bring my son there again.
- Heb 11:17-182 verses69%
17 By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son;
18 even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;"
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11 The 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.
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23 Abraham 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.
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15 Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
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3 Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir."