Genesis 21:13
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
KJV
Sed et filium ancillæ faciam in gentem magnam, quia semen tuum est.
Vulgate
καὶ τὸν υἱὸν δὲ τῆς παιδίσκης ταύτης, εἰς ἔθνος μέγα ποιήσω αὐτόν, ὅτι σπέρμα σόν ἐστιν.
LXX
And also of the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
ASV
וְ/גַ֥ם אֶת בֶּן הָ/אָמָ֖ה לְ/ג֣וֹי אֲשִׂימֶ֑/נּוּ כִּ֥י זַרְעֲ/ךָ֖ הֽוּא
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
ךָ
k
noun · 56×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 32.—Of Abraham’s Obedience and Faith, Which Were Proved by the Offering Up, of His Son in Sacrifice, and of Sarah’s Death. Among other things, of which it would take too long time to mention the whole, Abraham was tempted about the offering up of his well-beloved son Isaac, to prove his pious obedience, and so make it known to the world, not to God. Now every temptation…
The Church regards with esteem also the Moslems. They adore the one God, living and subsisting in Himself; merciful and all-powerful, the Creator of heaven and earth, who has spoken to men; they take pains to submit wholeheartedly to even His inscrutable decrees, just as Abraham, with whom the faith of Islam takes pleasure in linking itself, submitted to God.
Cross-references
- Gen 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.
- Gen 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.
- Gen 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.
- Gen 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.
- Gen 21:18 — Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
- Gen 21:18 — Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
- Gen 25:12 — Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
- Gen 25:12 — Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham: