Focused Passage

Genesis 21:1-7

The LORD Fulfills His Promise in Isaac, Casts Out the Bondwoman’s Line from the Covenant Inheritance, and Preserves Ishmael in Mercy

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

1 Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.

2 So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.

3 And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.

4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

6 Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”

7 She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

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References and Original Words

Verse 1

Cross-references

Psalms 12:6 Classic cross-references Genesis 18:10 Classic cross-references Genesis 18:14 Classic cross-references Galatians 4:23 Classic cross-references Genesis 17:19 Classic cross-references

Original words

Now the LORD וַֽיהוָ֛ה H3068 Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular attended פָּקַ֥ד H6485 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker to Sarah שָׂרָ֖ה H8283 Noun - proper - feminine singular as כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative He had said אָמָ֑ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular and the LORD יְהוָ֛ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular did וַיַּ֧עַשׂ H6213 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular for Sarah לְשָׂרָ֖ה H8283 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular what כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative He had promised דִּבֵּֽר׃ H1696 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular

Verse 2

Cross-references

Genesis 18:10 Classic cross-references Galatians 4:22 Classic cross-references Hebrews 11:11 Classic cross-references Acts 7:8 Classic cross-references Genesis 17:19 Classic cross-references

Original words

So Sarah שָׂרָ֧ה H8283 Noun - proper - feminine singular conceived וַתַּהַר֩ H2029 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular and bore וַתֵּ֨לֶד H3205 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular a son בֵּ֖ן H1121 Noun - masculine singular to Abraham לְאַבְרָהָ֛ם H85 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular in his old age לִזְקֻנָ֑יו H2208 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular at the very time לַמּוֹעֵ֕ד H4150 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular - אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative God אֱלֹהִֽים׃ H430 Noun - masculine plural had promised דִּבֶּ֥ר H1696 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular . . . אֹת֖וֹ H854 Preposition | third person masculine singular

Verse 3

Cross-references

Genesis 17:19 Classic cross-references Genesis 21:6 Classic cross-references Romans 9:7 Classic cross-references Genesis 21:12 Classic cross-references Hebrews 11:18 Classic cross-references

Original words

And Abraham אַבְרָהָ֜ם H85 Noun - proper - masculine singular - אֶֽת־ H853 Direct object marker gave וַיִּקְרָ֨א H7121 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular the name שֶׁם־ H8034 Noun - masculine singular construct Isaac יִצְחָֽק׃ H3327 Noun - proper - masculine singular to the son בְּנ֧וֹ H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular - הַנּֽוֹלַד־ H3205 Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular - ל֛וֹ Preposition | third person masculine singular - אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative Sarah שָׂרָ֖ה H8283 Noun - proper - feminine singular bore יָלְדָה־ H3205 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular to him לּ֥וֹ Preposition | third person masculine singular

BSB notes

Isaac means he laughs.

Verse 4

Cross-references

Acts 7:8 Classic cross-references Luke 18:16 Classic cross-references Genesis 17:12 Classic cross-references

Original words

When his son בְּנ֔וֹ H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular . . . בֶּן־ H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct Isaac יִצְחָ֣ק H3327 Noun - proper - masculine singular was eight שְׁמֹנַ֖ת H8083 Number - masculine singular construct days old יָמִ֑ים H3117 Noun - masculine plural Abraham אַבְרָהָם֙ H85 Noun - proper - masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker circumcised him וַיָּ֤מָל H4135 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular as כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר H834 Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative God אֱלֹהִֽים׃ H430 Noun - masculine plural had commanded him צִוָּ֥ה H6680 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular - אֹת֖וֹ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine singular

Verse 5

Cross-references

Psalms 113:9 Classic cross-references Genesis 17:17 Classic cross-references Genesis 17:1 Classic cross-references Romans 4:19 Classic cross-references

Original words

Abraham וְאַבְרָהָ֖ם H85 Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular was a hundred מְאַ֣ת H3967 Number - feminine singular construct years old בֶּן־ H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct . . . שָׁנָ֑ה H8141 Noun - feminine singular when his son בְּנֽוֹ׃ H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Isaac יִצְחָ֥ק H3327 Noun - proper - masculine singular was born בְּהִוָּ֣לֶד H3205 Preposition-b | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct to him ל֔וֹ Preposition | third person masculine singular - אֵ֖ת H853 Direct object marker

Verse 6

Cross-references

Job 8:21 Classic cross-references Psalms 126:2 Classic cross-references Isaiah 54:1 Classic cross-references Genesis 17:17 Classic cross-references Luke 1:58 Classic cross-references

Original words

Then Sarah שָׂרָ֔ה H8283 Noun - proper - feminine singular said וַתֹּ֣אמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular God אֱלֹהִ֑ים H430 Noun - masculine plural has made עָ֥שָׂה H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular me לִ֖י Preposition | first person common singular laugh צְחֹ֕ק H6712 Noun - masculine singular and everyone כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct who hears of this הַשֹּׁמֵ֖עַ H8085 Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular will laugh יִֽצְחַק־ H6711 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular with me לִֽי׃ Preposition | first person common singular

Verse 7

Cross-references

Genesis 18:11 Classic cross-references Isaiah 66:8 Classic cross-references 2 Thessalonians 1:10 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 4:32 Classic cross-references Ephesians 3:10 Classic cross-references

Original words

She added וַתֹּ֗אמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Who מִ֤י H4310 Interrogative would have told מִלֵּל֙ H4448 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Abraham לְאַבְרָהָ֔ם H85 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular that Sarah שָׂרָ֑ה H8283 Noun - proper - feminine singular would nurse הֵינִ֥יקָה H3243 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular children בָנִ֖ים H1121 Noun - masculine plural Yet כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction I have borne him יָלַ֥דְתִּי H3205 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular a son בֵ֖ן H1121 Noun - masculine singular in his old age לִזְקֻנָֽיו׃ H2208 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular

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