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Genesis 21:10

AbrahamIsaac
Conflict and reconciliation

8 So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.

9 But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,

and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”

11 Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.

12 But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”
KJV
Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
WEB
Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this servant and her son! For the son of this servant will not be heir with my son, Isaac.”
ASV
Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son. For the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
DARBY
And she said to Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of this handmaid shall not inherit with my son with Isaac.
BLB
And she said to Abraham, “Drive out this maidservant and her son, for the son of this maidservant shall not be heir with my son, with Isaac.”
ÅB
og hun sa til Abraham: Driv ut denne slavekvinne og hennes sønn! For denne slavekvinnes sønn skal ikke arve med min sønn, med Isak.
OTB
Hun sa til Abraham, “Driv bort denne slavekvinnen og hennes sønn, for sønnen til denne slaven skal ikke dele arven med min sønn Isak.”
B1930
og hun sa til Abraham: Driv ut denne trælkvinne og hennes sønn! For denne trælkvinnes sønn skal ikke arve med min sønn, med Isak.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • John 8:35

    A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son belongs to it forever.

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  • Galatians 4:22–31

    For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.

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  • 1 John 2:19

    They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

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  • 1 Peter 1:4

    and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,

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  • Genesis 36:6–7

    Later, Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his other animals, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan, and he moved to a land far away from his brother Jacob.

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  • Matthew 22:13

    Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

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  • Galatians 3:18

    For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.

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  • Matthew 8:11–12

    I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

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