Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And I will make a nation of the son of your servant-woman, because he is your seed.
New American Standard Bible
And of
King James Version
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
Holman Bible
But I will also make a nation of the slave’s son
International Standard Version
Nevertheless, I will make the slave girl's son into a nation, since he, too, is your offspring."
A Conservative Version
And also I will make a nation of the son of the handmaid, because he is thy seed.
American Standard Version
And also of the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
Amplified
And I will also make a nation of [Ishmael] the son of the maid, because he is your descendant.”
Darby Translation
But also the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
Julia Smith Translation
And also the son of this maid-servant, I will make him into a nation, for he is thy seed.
King James 2000
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is your descendant.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I will also make the son of the slave woman into a nation, for he is your offspring."
Modern King James verseion
And also, I will make a nation of the son of the slave woman, because he is your seed.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Moreover of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed."
NET Bible
But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too."
New Heart English Bible
I will also make a nation of the son of the handmaid, because he is your seed."
The Emphasized Bible
Yet even the son of the bondwoman, will I appoint to become, a nation, because thy seed, he is.
Webster
And also of the son of the bond-woman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
World English Bible
I will also make a nation of the son of the handmaid, because he is your seed."
Youngs Literal Translation
As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he is thy seed.'
Themes
Abraham » Sends hagar and ishmael away
Bible stories for children » The boy who lost his home by mocking
Children » Share benefits of covenant privileges guaranteed to parents
Children » Alienated, ishmael, to gratify sarah
Concubinage » Laws concerning » Concubines might be dismissed
Cruelty » Instances of » Of sarah to hagar
Hagar » Cast out of the home through the jealousy of her mistress
Ishmael » Son of abraham » Promised to be the father of a nation
Ishmael » The outcast, life summarized » Thus became an outcast
Ishmael » Son of abraham » Sent away by abraham
The ishmaelites » Predictions respecting » To be a great nation
Man » Woman formed to be a help for
Nations » Who became a great nation
Polygamy » Domestic unhappiness » In abraham's family
Sarah » Also called sarai » Her jealousy of hagar
Women » Instances of » Sarah, in her jealousy and malice toward hagar
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 21:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Hagar And Ishmael
12 But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name. 13 And I will make a nation of the son of your servant-woman, because he is your seed. 14 And early in the morning Abraham got up, and gave Hagar some bread and a water-skin, and put the boy on her back, and sent her away: and she went, wandering in the waste land of Beer-sheba.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Genesis 21:18
Come, take your child in your arms, for I will make of him a great nation.
Genesis 16:10
And the angel of the Lord said, Your seed will be greatly increased so that it may not be numbered.
Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 25:12-18
Now these are the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whose mother was Hagar the Egyptian, the servant of Sarah: