Genesis 21:11

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son's sake;

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 17:18 : 18 And Abraham saith unto God, `O that Ishmael may live before Thee;'
  • Heb 12:11 : 11 and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it -- it doth yield.
  • Gen 22:1-2 : 1 And it cometh to pass after these things that God hath tried Abraham, and saith unto him, `Abraham;' and he saith, `Here `am' I.' 2 And He saith, `Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou hast loved, even Isaac, and go for thyself unto the land of Moriah, and cause him to ascend there for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains of which I speak unto thee.'
  • 2 Sam 18:33 : 33 And the king trembleth, and goeth up on the upper chamber of the gate, and weepeth, and thus he hath said in his going, `My son! Absalom my son; my son Absalom; oh that I had died for thee, Absalom, my son, my son.'
  • Matt 10:37 : 37 `He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 21:12-13
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    82%

    12and God saith unto Abraham, `Let it not be wrong in thine eyes because of the youth, and because of thy handmaid: all that Sarah saith unto thee -- hearken to her voice, for in Isaac is a seed called to thee.

    13As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he `is' thy seed.'

  • Gen 21:9-10
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    79%

    9and Sarah seeth the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she hath borne to Abraham, mocking,

    10and she saith to Abraham, `Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of this handmaid hath no possession with my son -- with Isaac.'

  • Gen 26:35
    73%

    35and they are a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.

  • Gen 22:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9And they come in unto the place of which God hath spoken to him, and there Abraham buildeth the altar, and arrangeth the wood, and bindeth Isaac his son, and placeth him upon the altar above the wood;

    10and Abraham putteth forth his hand, and taketh the knife -- to slaughter his son.

  • Gen 18:20
    71%

    20And Jehovah saith, `The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah -- because great; and their sin -- because exceeding grievous:

  • Gen 21:16-17
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    16And she goeth and sitteth by herself over-against, afar off, about a bow-shot, for she said, `Let me not look on the death of the lad;' and she sitteth over-against, and lifteth up her voice, and weepeth.

    17And God heareth the voice of the youth; and the messenger of God calleth unto Hagar from the heavens, and saith to her, `What to thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath hearkened unto the voice of the youth where he `is';

  • Gen 22:12-13
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    70%

    12and He saith, `Put not forth thine hand unto the youth, nor do anything to him, for now I have known that thou art fearing God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from Me.'

    13And Abraham lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, a ram behind, seized in a thicket by its horns; and Abraham goeth, and taketh the ram, and causeth it to ascend for a burnt-offering instead of his son;

  • Gen 17:18
    70%

    18And Abraham saith unto God, `O that Ishmael may live before Thee;'

  • Gen 16:5-6
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    5And Sarai saith unto Abram, `My violence `is' for thee; I -- I have given mine handmaid into thy bosom, and she seeth that she hath conceived, and I am lightly esteemed in her eyes; Jehovah doth judge between me and thee.'

    6And Abram saith unto Sarai, `Lo, thine handmaid `is' in thine hand, do to her that which is good in thine eyes;' and Sarai afflicted her, and she fleeth from her presence.

  • Gen 22:2
    70%

    2And He saith, `Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou hast loved, even Isaac, and go for thyself unto the land of Moriah, and cause him to ascend there for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains of which I speak unto thee.'

  • Gen 22:16
    70%

    16and saith, `By Myself I have sworn -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- that because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one --

  • Gen 21:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2and Sarah conceiveth, and beareth a son to Abraham, to his old age, at the appointed time that God hath spoken of with him;

    3and Abraham calleth the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah hath born to him -- Isaac;

  • Gen 25:12
    70%

    12And these `are' births of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, hath borne to Abraham;

  • Gal 4:30
    69%

    30but what saith the Writing? `Cast forth the maid-servant and her son, for the son of the maid-servant may not be heir with the son of the free-woman;'

  • Gen 21:5
    69%

    5And Abraham `is' a son of a hundred years in Isaac his son being born to him,

  • Gal 4:22
    69%

    22for it hath been written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the maid-servant, and one by the free-woman,

  • Gen 24:6
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    6And Abraham saith unto him, `Take heed to thyself, lest thou cause my son to turn back thither;

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17By faith Abraham hath offered up Isaac, being tried, and the only begotten he did offer up who did receive the promises,

    18of whom it was said -- `In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'

  • Gen 16:11
    68%

    11and the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, `Behold thou `art' conceiving, and bearing a son, and hast called his name Ishmael, for Jehovah hath hearkened unto thine affliction;

  • Gen 17:23
    68%

    23And Abraham taketh Ishmael his son, and all those born in his house, and all those bought with his money -- every male among the men of Abraham's house -- and circumciseth the flesh of their foreskin, in this self-same day, as God hath spoken with him.

  • Gen 16:15
    68%

    15And Hagar beareth to Abram a son; and Abram calleth the name of his son, whom Hagar hath borne, Ishmael;

  • Gen 15:3
    68%

    3And Abram saith, `Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.'