Genesis 21:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,”
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“But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, mocking.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Sarah seeth the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she hath borne to Abraham, mocking,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 21:9 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 16:1Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
- Genesis 16:3So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife.
- Genesis 16:15And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
- 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.
- 2 Kings 2:23From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”
- 2 Chronicles 30:10And 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.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16But 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.
- Nehemiah 4:1Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews
- Job 30:1“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.
- Psalms 22:6But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
- Psalms 42:10Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
- Psalms 44:13You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
- Proverbs 20:11Even a young man is known by his actions— whether his conduct is pure and upright.
- Lamentations 1:7In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.
- Galatians 4:22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
- Galatians 4:29At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
- Hebrews 11:36Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
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