Genesis 21:18 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁸Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 21:18 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 21:13
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
Genesis 16:10
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
1 Chronicles 1:29-31
These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, …
Genesis 17:20
And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 25:12-18
Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham: …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 14-21)

Here is, I. The casting out of the bond-woman, and her son from the family of Abraham, Gen. 21:14. Abraham’s obedience to the divine command in this matter was speedy— early in the morning, we may suppose immediately after he had, in the night’s visions, received orders to do this. It was also submissive; it was contrary to his judgment, at least to his own inclination, to do it; yet as soon as he…