Genesis 21:9
7 She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
8 So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.
But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,
10 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.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,
- KJV
- And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
- WEB
- Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
- ASV
- And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, mocking.
- DARBY
- And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
- BLB
- And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking [her son].
- ÅB
- Og Sara så at egypterkvinnen Hagars sønn, som hun hadde født Abraham, spottet,
- OTB
- Sara observerte sønnen til Hagar, egypterinnen, som hun hadde født Abraham, håne.
- B1930
- Og Sara så at egypterkvinnen Hagars sønn, som hun hadde født Abraham, spottet,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 4:29
At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
Read in contextGenesis 16:15
And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
Read in contextGalatians 4:22
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
Read in contextGenesis 16:1
Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
Read in contextPsalms 44:13–14
You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
Read in contextProverbs 20:11
Even a young man is known by his actions— whether his conduct is pure and upright.
Read in context2 Chronicles 30:10
And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun; but the people scorned and mocked them.
Read in context2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
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