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Genesis 21:10

Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

KJV

Ejice ancillam hanc, et filium ejus : non enim erit hæres filius ancillæ cum filio meo Isaac.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν τῷ Ἀβραάμ Ἔκβαλε τὴν παιδίσκην ταύτην καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς· οὐ γὰρ μὴ κληρονομήσει ὁ υἱὸς τῆς παιδίσκης μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ μου Ἰσαάκ.

LXX

Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son: for the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

ASV

וַ/תֹּ֨אמֶר֙ לְ/אַבְרָהָ֔ם גָּרֵ֛שׁ הָ/אָמָ֥ה הַ/זֹּ֖את וְ/אֶת בְּנָ֑/הּ כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יִירַשׁ֙ בֶּן הָ/אָמָ֣ה הַ/זֹּ֔את עִם בְּנִ֖/י עִם יִצְחָֽק

Hebrew

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People AbrahamIsaac

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַבְרָהָ֖ם
'brhm
proper_noun · 174×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הּ
h
verb · 232×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
יִצְחָ֖ק
ytschq
proper_noun · 108×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 56×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 47×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • Gal 4:30 · adapted
    "Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman."
    Genesis: cast out the bondwoman — Paul adapts for law/grace allegory

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Chapter 7.—Of the Disruption of the Kingdom of Israel, by Which the Perpetual Division of the Spiritual from the Carnal Israel Was Prefigured. Again Saul sinned through disobedience, and again Samuel says to him in the word of the Lord, “Because thou hast despised the word of the Lord, the Lord hath despised thee, that thou mayest not be king over Israel.”10331033 1 Sam. xv. 23…

Cross-references

  • 1John 2:19 — They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us
  • 1Pet 1:4 — To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
  • Ezek 16:5 — None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.
  • Gal 3:18 — For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
  • Gal 3:29 — And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
  • Gal 4:7 — Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
  • Gal 4:22 — For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
  • Gal 4:30 — Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
  • Gen 17:19 — And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
  • Gen 17:21 — But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
  • Gen 17:21 — But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
  • Gen 20:11 — And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.
  • Gen 22:10 — And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
  • Gen 24:36 — And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
  • Gen 25:5 — And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
  • Gen 25:6 — But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
  • Gen 25:19 — And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac:
  • Gen 30:4 — And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
  • Gen 36:6 — And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went
  • John 8:35 — And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
  • John 8:35 — And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
  • Matt 8:11 — And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
  • Matt 22:13 — Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.