Genesis 21:9
Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
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- Gen 16:15 : 15 Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
- Gal 4:29 : 29 But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.
- Gen 16:1 : 1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
- Ps 44:13-14 : 13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to those who are around us. 14 You make us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.
- Prov 20:11 : 11 Even a child makes himself known by his doings, Whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
- Lam 1:7 : 7 Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that were from the days of old: When her people fell into the hand of the adversary, and none did help her, The adversaries saw her, they did mock at her desolations.
- Gal 4:22 : 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the free woman.
- Gen 16:3-6 : 3 Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife. 4 He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. 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.
- Heb 11:36 : 36 Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment.
- Gen 17:20 : 20 As 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.
- 2 Kgs 2:23-24 : 23 He went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth young lads out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, you baldy; go up, you baldhead. 24 He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Yahweh. There came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and mauled forty-two lads of them.
- 2 Chr 30:10 : 10 So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun: but they ridiculed them, and mocked them.
- 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Yahweh arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
- Neh 4:1-5 : 1 But it happened that when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. 2 He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned? 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall. 4 Hear, our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach on their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity; 5 and don't cover their iniquity, and don't let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have provoked [you] to anger before the builders.
- Job 30:1 : 1 "But now those who are younger than I, have me in derision, Whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.
- Ps 22:6 : 6 But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised by the people.
- Ps 42:10 : 10 As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, While they continually ask me, "Where is your God?"
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- Gen 21:10-178 verses84%
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."
11The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son.
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."
14Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
15The water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
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 16:3-64 verses74%
3Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
4He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
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.
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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.
- Gen 21:6-83 verses73%
6Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me."
7She said, "Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age."
8The child grew, and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
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1Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
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15Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
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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."
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15Then Sarah denied, saying, "I didn't laugh," for she was afraid." He said, "No, but you did laugh."
- Gen 21:2-32 verses70%
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."}
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8He said, "Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, where did you come from? Where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai."
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13Yahweh said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Will I really bear a child, yet I am old?'
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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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21But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time in the next year."
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17Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, "Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?"
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17She spoke to him according to these words, saying, "The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me,