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Genesis 21:8

And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.

KJV

Crevit igitur puer, et ablactatus est : fecitque Abraham grande convivium in die ablactationis ejus.

Vulgate

Καὶ ηὐξήθη τὸ παιδίον καὶ ἀπεγαλακτίσθη· καὶ ἐποίησεν Ἀβραὰμ δοχὴν μεγάλην ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἀπεγαλακτίσθη Ἰσαὰκ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ.

LXX

And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

ASV

וַ/יִּגְדַּ֥ל הַ/יֶּ֖לֶד וַ/יִּגָּמַ֑ל וַ/יַּ֤עַשׂ אַבְרָהָם֙ מִשְׁתֶּ֣ה גָד֔וֹל בְּ/י֖וֹם הִגָּמֵ֥ל אֶת יִצְחָֽק

Hebrew

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People AbrahamIsaac

In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַבְרָהָ֖ם
'brhm
proper_noun · 174×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
יְלָדִים֙
yldym
noun · 89×
יִגְדַּ֣ל
ygdl
verb · 114×
יִצְחָ֖ק
ytschq
proper_noun · 108×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה
mshth
noun · 46×
נִי
ny
verb · 34×

Historic Christian voices

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

1. Concerning Those Who Asked Him to Show Them a Sign from Heaven. And the Sadducees and Pharisees came, and tempting Him kept asking Him to show them a sign from heaven. Matthew 16:1 The Sadducees and Pharisees who disagreed with each other in regard to the most essential truths, — for the Pharisees champion the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, hoping that there will …

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 1:22 — But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.
  • Gen 31:54 — Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
  • Gen 40:20 — And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
  • Hos 1:8 — Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.