Chapter 21

1
visited Gen 50:24; Exod 3:16, Exod 4:31, Exod 20:5; Ruth 1:6; 1Sam 2:21; Ps 106:4; Luke 1:68, Luke 19:44; Rom 4:17-20

Sarah as Gen 17:19, Gen 18:10, Gen 18:14; Ps 12:6; Matt 24:35; Gal 4:23, Gal 4:28; Titus 1:2


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conceived 2Kgs 4:16-17; Luke 1:24-25, Luke 1:36; Acts 7:8; Gal 4:22; Heb 11:11

at the set Gen 17:19, Gen 17:21, Gen 18:10, Gen 18:14; Rom 9:9


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Gen 21:6, Gen 21:12, Gen 17:19, Gen 22:2; Josh 24:3; Matt 1:2; Acts 7:8; Rom 9:7; Heb 11:18


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Gen 17:10-12; Exod 12:48; Lev 12:3; Deut 12:32; Luke 1:6, Luke 1:59, Luke 2:21; John 7:22-23; Acts 7:8


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Gen 17:1, Gen 17:17; Rom 4:19


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God Gen 17:17, Gen 18:12-15; 1Sam 1:26-28, 1Sam 2:1-10; Ps 113:9, Ps 126:2; Isa 49:15, Isa 49:21; Isa 54:1; Luke 1:46-55; John 16:21-22; Gal 4:27-28; Heb 11:11

to laugh Sarah most likely remembered the circumstance mentioned in Gen 18:12; and also the name Isaac, which implies laughter.

will laugh Luke 1:14, Luke 1:58; Rom 12:15


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Who Num 23:23; Deut 4:32-34; Ps 86:8, Ps 86:10; Isa 49:21, Isa 66:8; Eph 3:10; 2Thess 1:10

for I Gen 18:11-12


8
am 2111, bc 1893

and was 1Sam 1:22; Ps 131:2; Hos 1:8

feast Gen 19:3, Gen 26:30, Gen 29:22, Gen 40:20; Judg 14:10, Judg 14:12; 1Sam 25:36; 2Sam 3:20; 1Kgs 3:15; Esth 1:3


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Sarah Gen 16:3-6, Gen 16:15, Gen 17:20

Egyptian Gen 16:1, Gen 16:15

mocking 2Kgs 2:23-24; 2Chr 30:10, 2Chr 36:16; Neh 4:1-5; Job 30:1; Ps 22:6, Ps 42:10; Ps 44:13-14; Prov 20:11; Lam 1:7; Gal 4:22, Gal 4:29; Heb 11:36


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Cast out The word rendered "cast out," signifies also to divorce. See note on Lev 21:7. In this latter sense, it may be understood here. Gen 25:6, Gen 25:19, Gen 17:19, Gen 17:21, Gen 20:11, Gen 22:10, Gen 36:6-7; Matt 8:11-12, Matt 22:13; John 8:35; Gal 4:22-31; 1John 2:19

heir John 8:35; Gal 3:18, Gal 4:7; 1Pet 1:4; 1John 2:19


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because Gen 17:18, Gen 22:1-2; 2Sam 18:33; Matt 10:37; Heb 12:11


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hearken 1Sam 8:7, 1Sam 8:9; Isa 46:10

in Isaac Gen 17:19, Gen 17:21; Rom 9:7-8; Heb 11:18


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Gen 21:18, Gen 16:10, Gen 17:20, Gen 25:12-18


14
am 2112, bc 1892

rose up Gen 19:27, Gen 22:3, Gen 24:54, Gen 26:31; Ps 119:60; Prov 27:14; Eccl 9:10

took Gen 25:6, Gen 36:6-7

child Or, youth (See note on Gen 21:12, and See note on Gen 21:20), as Ishmael was now 16 or 17 years of age.

sent John 8:35

wandered Gen 16:7, Gen 37:15; Ps 107:4; Isa 16:8; Gal 4:23-25

Beersheba So called when Moses wrote; but not before Abraham's covenant with Abimelech, Gen 21:31. Such instances of the figure prolepsis are not infrequent in the Pentateuch Gen 21:33, Gen 22:19, Gen 26:33, Gen 46:1; 1Kgs 19:3


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the water Gen 21:14; Exod 15:22-25, Exod 17:1-3; 2Kgs 3:9; Ps 63:1; Isa 44:12; Jer 14:3

and she cast the child Or, "and she sent the lad," to screen him from the intensity of the heat.


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Let Gen 44:34; 1Kgs 3:26; Esth 8:6; Isa 49:15; Zech 12:10; Luke 15:20

lift Gen 27:38, Gen 29:11; Judg 2:4; Ruth 1:9; 1Sam 24:16, 1Sam 30:4


17
heard Gen 16:11; Exod 3:7, Exod 22:23, Exod 22:27; 2Kgs 13:4, 2Kgs 13:23; Ps 50:15, Ps 65:2, Ps 91:15; Matt 15:32

the angel Gen 16:9, Gen 16:11

What Judg 18:23; 1Sam 11:5; Isa 22:1

fear Gen 15:1, Gen 46:3; Exod 14:13; Ps 107:4-6; Isa 41:10, Isa 41:13-14, Isa 43:1-2; Mark 5:36


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I will Gen 21:13, Gen 16:10, Gen 17:20, Gen 25:12-18; 1Chr 1:29-31


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Num 22:31; 2Kgs 6:17-20; Isa 35:5-6; Luke 24:16-31


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God Gen 17:20, Gen 28:15, Gen 39:2-3, Gen 39:21; Judg 6:12, Judg 13:24-25; Luke 1:80, Luke 2:40

an archer Gen 10:9, Gen 16:12, Gen 25:27, Gen 27:3, Gen 49:23-24


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in the Num 10:12, Num 12:16, Num 13:3, Num 13:26; 1Sam 25:1

a wife Gen 24:3-4, Gen 26:34-35, Gen 27:46, Gen 28:1-2; Judg 14:2; 1Cor 7:38


22
am 2118, bc 1886

Abimelech Gen 20:2, Gen 26:26

God Gen 20:17, Gen 26:28, Gen 28:15, Gen 30:27, Gen 39:2-3; Josh 3:7; 2Chr 1:1; Isa 8:10, Isa 45:14; Zech 8:23; Matt 1:23; Rom 8:31; 1Cor 14:25; Heb 13:5; Rev 3:9


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swear Gen 14:22-23, Gen 24:3, Gen 26:28, Gen 31:44, Gen 31:53; Deut 6:13; Josh 2:12; 1Sam 20:13, 1Sam 20:17, 1Sam 20:42; 1Sam 24:21-22, 1Sam 30:15; Jer 4:2; 2Cor 1:23; Heb 6:16

that thou wilt not deal falsely with me Heb. if thou shalt lie unto me

I have Gen 20:14


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Gen 14:13; Rom 12:18; Heb 6:16


25
reproved Gen 26:15-22, Gen 29:8; Exod 2:15-17; Judg 1:15; Prov 17:10, Prov 25:9, Prov 27:5; Matt 18:15

because Wells of water were of great consequence in those hot countries, especially where the flocks were numerous; because water was scarce, and digging to find it was attended with the expense of much time and labour.

servants Gen 13:7, Gen 26:15-22; Exod 2:16-17


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I wot "Wot," though used for the present, is the past tense of the almost obsolete word "to wit," from the Saxon witan, to know. Gen 13:7; 2Kgs 5:20-24


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took Gen 14:22-23; Prov 17:8, Prov 18:16, Prov 18:24, Prov 21:14; Isa 32:8

made Gen 26:28-31, Gen 31:44; 1Sam 18:3; Ezek 17:13; Rom 1:31; Gal 3:15


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Gen 33:8; Exod 12:26; 1Sam 15:14


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a witness Gen 31:44-48, Gen 31:52; Josh 22:27-28, Josh 24:27


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called Gen 26:33

Beersheba i.e., The well of the oath, or the well of the seven. Alluding to the seven ewe lambs. The verb rendered "to swear" is derived from the word translated seven. Gen 21:14, Gen 26:23; Josh 15:28; Judg 20:1; 2Sam 17:11; 1Kgs 4:25


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Gen 21:27, Gen 14:13, Gen 31:53; 1Sam 18:3

the Philistines Gen 10:14, Gen 26:8, Gen 26:14; Exod 13:17; Judg 13:1


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grove or, tree, Amos 8:14; The original word eshel, has been variously translated a grove, a plantation, an orchard, a cultivated field, and an oak; but it may denote a kind of tamarisk, as it is rendered by Gesenius, the same with the Arabic athl.

Beersheba Deut 16:21; Judg 3:7

called Gen 4:26, Gen 12:8, Gen 26:23, Gen 26:25, Gen 26:33

on the name Dr. Shuckford justly contends, that the expression rendered, "he called on the name," signifies "he invoked in the name."

everlasting Deut 33:27; Ps 90:2; Isa 40:28, Isa 57:15; Jer 10:10; Rom 1:20, Rom 16:26; 1Tim 1:17


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Gen 20:1; 1Chr 29:15; Ps 39:12; Heb 11:9, Heb 11:13; 1Pet 2:11


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