Genesis 21
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And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
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.
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.
And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

A.M.

Genesis 19:27 And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he stood …

Genesis 22:3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, …

Genesis 24:54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and …

Genesis 26:31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and swore one to another: …

Psalm 119:60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep your commandments.

Proverbs 27:14 He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the …

Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there …

took.

Genesis 25:6 But to the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave …

Genesis 36:6,7 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all …

child. Or, youth, (see ver.

Genesis 21:12 And God said to Abraham, Let it not be grievous in your sight because …

Genesis 21:20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelled in the wilderness, …

Genesis 21:16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as …

sent.

John 8:35 And the servant stays not in the house for ever: but the Son stays ever.

wandered.

Genesis 16:7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the …

Genesis 37:15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the …

Psalm 107:4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no …

Isaiah 16:8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords …

Galatians 4:23-25 But he who was of the female slave was born after the flesh; but …

Beer-sheba. So called when Moses wrote; but not before Abraham's covenant with Abimelech, ver.

Genesis 21:31 Why he called that place Beersheba; because there they swore both of them.

Genesis 21:33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the …

Genesis 22:19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together …

Genesis 26:33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba …

Genesis 46:1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, …

1 Kings 19:3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to …

And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.

heard.

Genesis 16:11 And the angel of the LORD said to her, Behold, you are with child …

Exodus 3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people …

Exodus 22:23,27 If you afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all to me, I will …

2 Kings 13:4,23 And Jehoahaz sought the LORD, and the LORD listened to him: for he …

Psalm 50:15 And call on me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you …

Psalm 65:2 O you that hear prayer, to you shall all flesh come.

Psalm 91:15 He shall call on me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in …

Matthew 15:32 Then Jesus called his disciples to him, and said, I have compassion …

the angel. See on ch.

Genesis 16:9,11 And the angel of the LORD said to her, Return to your mistress, and …

What.

Judges 18:23 And they cried to the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, …

1 Samuel 11:5 And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul …

Isaiah 22:1 The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you are …

fear.

Genesis 15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, …

Genesis 46:3 And he said, I am God, the God of your father: fear not to go down …

Exodus 14:13 And Moses said to the people, Fear you not, stand still, and see …

Psalm 107:4-6 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no …

Isaiah 41:10,13,14 Fear you not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: …

Isaiah 43:1,2 But now thus said the LORD that created you, O Jacob, and he that …

Mark 5:36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he said to the ruler …

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
And Abraham said, I will swear.
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.

I wot. 'Wot,' though used for the present, is the past tense of the almost obsolete word 'to wit,' from the Saxon witan, to know.

Genesis 13:7 And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and …

2 Kings 5:20-24 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my …

And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.

grove. or, tree.

Amos 8:14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Your god, O Dan, …

The original word eshel, has been variously translated a grove, a plantation, an orchard, a cultivated field, and an oak; but it may denote a kind of tamarisk, as it is rendered by Gesenius, the same with the Arabic athl.

Beer-sheba.

Deuteronomy 16:21 You shall not plant you a grove of any trees near to the altar of …

Judges 3:7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and …

called.

Genesis 4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his …

Genesis 12:8 And he removed from there to a mountain on the east of Bethel, and …

Genesis 26:23,25,33 And he went up from there to Beersheba…

on the name. Dr. Shuckford justly contends, that the expression rendered, 'he called on the name,' signifies 'he invoked in the name.'

everlasting.

Deuteronomy 33:27 The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting …

Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the …

Isaiah 40:28 Have you not known? have you not heard, that the everlasting God, …

Isaiah 57:15 For thus said the high and lofty One that inhabits eternity, whose …

Jeremiah 10:10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting …

Romans 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are …

Romans 16:26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, …

1 Timothy 1:17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, …

And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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