Verse 9

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.

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  • Gen 16:15 : 15 And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called his son's name, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
  • Gal 4:29 : 29 But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now.
  • Gen 16:1 : 1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children; and she had a maidservant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
  • Ps 44:13-14 : 13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to those that are around us. 14 You make us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
  • Prov 20:11 : 11 Even a child is known by his deeds, whether his work is pure and right.
  • Lam 1:7 : 7 Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none helped her: the adversaries saw her and mocked at her sabbaths.
  • Gal 4:22 : 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman.
  • Gen 16:3-6 : 3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. 4 And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. 5 And Sarai said to Abram, My wrong be upon you; I have given my maid into your arms, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. The LORD judge between me and you. 6 But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, your maid is in your hand; do to her as it pleases you. And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her presence.
  • Heb 11:36 : 36 Still others had trials of cruel mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment.
  • Gen 17:20 : 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes he shall beget, and I will make him a great nation.
  • 2 Kgs 2:23-24 : 23 And he went up from there to Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead. 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tore forty-two children of them.
  • 2 Chr 30:10 : 10 So the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
  • 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
  • Neh 4:1-5 : 1 But it happened that when Sanballat heard we were building the wall, he was angry, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. 2 And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones from the heaps of rubbish that are burned? 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, Even what they build, if a fox goes up, he will break down their stone wall. 4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them as prey in a land of captivity: 5 Do not cover their iniquity, and do not 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 set with the dogs of my flock.
  • 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 enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is your God?