Genesis 21:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.””
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“But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And also of the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he <FI>is<Fi> thy seed.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 21:13 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 16:10Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”
- Genesis 17:20As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
- Genesis 21:18Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
- Genesis 25:12This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
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