Genesis 21:12

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Heb 11:18 : 18 of whom it was said -- `In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'
  • Gen 17:19 : 19 and God saith, `Sarah thy wife is certainly bearing a son to thee, and thou hast called his name Isaac, and I have established My covenant with him, for a covenant age-during, to his seed after him.
  • Gen 17:21 : 21 and My covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah doth bear to thee at this appointed time in the next year;'
  • 1 Sam 8:7 : 7 And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Hearken to the voice of the people, to all that they say unto thee, for thee they have not rejected, but Me they have rejected, from reigning over them.
  • 1 Sam 8:9 : 9 And now, hearken to their voice; only, surely thou dost certainly protest to them, and hast declared to them the custom of the king who doth reign over them.'
  • Isa 46:10 : 10 Declaring from the beginning the latter end, And from of old that which hath not been done, Saying, `My counsel doth stand, And all My delight I do.'
  • Rom 9:7-8 : 7 nor because they are seed of Abraham `are' all children, but -- `in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;' 8 that is, the children of the flesh -- these `are' not children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 21:13
    85%

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

  • Gen 17:18-21
    4 verses
    83%

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

    19and God saith, `Sarah thy wife is certainly bearing a son to thee, and thou hast called his name Isaac, and I have established My covenant with him, for a covenant age-during, to his seed after him.

    20As to Ishmael, I have heard thee; lo, I have blessed him, and made him fruitful, and multiplied him, very exceedingly; twelve princes doth he beget, and I have made him become a great nation;

    21and My covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah doth bear to thee at this appointed time in the next year;'

  • Gen 21:9-11
    3 verses
    82%

    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.'

    11And the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son's sake;

  • Heb 11:18
    81%

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

  • Gen 22:18
    79%

    18and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth, because that thou hast hearkened to My voice.'

  • Gen 21:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    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;

  • Rom 9:7
    77%

    7nor because they are seed of Abraham `are' all children, but -- `in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'

  • Gen 25:12
    76%

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

  • Gen 17:15
    76%

    15And God saith unto Abraham, `Sarai thy wife -- thou dost not call her name Sarai, for Sarah `is' her name;

  • Gen 16:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10and the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, `Multiplying I multiply thy seed, and it is not numbered from multitude;'

    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 21:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    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';

    18rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set him.'

  • Gen 22:12
    75%

    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.'

  • Gen 15:3-5
    3 verses
    74%

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

    4And lo, the word of Jehovah `is' unto him, saying, `This `one' doth not heir thee; but he who cometh out from thy bowels, he doth heir thee;'

    5and He bringeth him out without, and saith, `Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;' and He saith to him, `Thus is thy seed.'

  • Gal 4:22
    74%

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

  • Gen 16:2
    74%

    2and Sarai saith unto Abram, `Lo, I pray thee, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing, go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; perhaps I am built up from her;' and Abram hearkeneth to the voice of Sarai.

  • 1 Chr 1:28
    74%

    28Sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

  • Gen 16:6
    74%

    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 21:5
    73%

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

  • Gen 22:16
    73%

    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 22:2
    73%

    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 28:4
    73%

    4and He doth give to thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee, to cause thee to possess the land of thy sojournings, which God gave to Abraham.'

  • Gen 17:9
    73%

    9And God saith unto Abraham, `And thou dost keep My covenant, thou and thy seed after thee, to their generations;

  • Gen 18:18
    72%

    18and Abraham certainly becometh a nation great and mighty, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?

  • Gen 25:19
    72%

    19And these `are' births of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham hath begotten Isaac;

  • Gen 35:12
    72%

    12and the land which I have given to Abraham and to Isaac -- to thee I give it, yea to thy seed after thee I give the land.'

  • Gen 24:36
    72%

    36and Sarah, my lord's wife, beareth a son to my lord, after she hath been aged, and he giveth to him all that he hath.

  • Gen 16:15
    72%

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