Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I will make the son of the slave into a nation also, because he is your offspring.” New Living Translation But I will also make a nation of the descendants of Hagar’s son because he is your son, too.” English Standard Version And I will make a nation of the son of the slave woman also, because he is your offspring.” Berean Standard Bible But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.” King James Bible And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. New King James Version Yet I will also make a nation of the son of the bondwoman, because he is your seed.” New American Standard Bible And of the son of the slave woman I will make a nation also, because he is your descendant.” NASB 1995 “And of the son of the maid I will make a nation also, because he is your descendant.” NASB 1977 “And of the son of the maid I will make a nation also, because he is your descendant.” Legacy Standard Bible And of the son of the maidservant I will make a nation also, because he is your seed.” Amplified Bible And I will also make a nation of [Ishmael] the son of the maid, because he is your descendant.” Christian Standard Bible and I will also make a nation of the slave’s son because he is your offspring.” Holman Christian Standard Bible But I will also make a nation of the slave’s son because he is your offspring.” American Standard Version And also of the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Also I shall make the son of the maid a great people because he is your seed.” Brenton Septuagint Translation And moreover I will make the son of this bondwoman a great nation, because he is thy seed. Contemporary English Version but the son of the slave woman is also your son, and I will make his descendants into a great nation." Douay-Rheims Bible But I will make the son also of the bondwoman a great nation, because he is thy seed. English Revised Version And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. GOD'S WORD® Translation Besides, I will make the slave's son into a nation also, because he is your child." Good News Translation I will also give many children to the son of the slave woman, so that they will become a nation. He too is your son." International Standard Version Nevertheless, I will make the slave girl's son into a nation, since he, too, is your offspring." JPS Tanakh 1917 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.' Literal Standard Version As for the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he [is] your seed.” Majority Standard Bible But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.” New American Bible As for the son of the slave woman, I will make a nation of him also, since he too is your offspring. NET Bible But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too." New Revised Standard Version As for the son of the slave woman, I will make a nation of him also, because he is your offspring.” New Heart English Bible And I will also make a great nation of the son of the slave woman, because he is your offspring." Webster's Bible Translation 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 servant, because he is your child.” Young's Literal Translation As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he is thy seed.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Sarah Turns Against Hagar…12But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned. 13But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.” 14Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.… Cross References Genesis 16:10 Then the angel added, "I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count." Genesis 21:14 Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar's shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba. Genesis 21:18 Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation." Genesis 25:12 This is the account of Abraham's son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's maidservant, bore to Abraham. Treasury of Scripture And also of the son of the female slave will I make a nation, because he is your seed. Genesis 21:18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation. Genesis 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. Genesis 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. Jump to Previous Bondwoman Bond-Woman Descendant Handmaid Maid Maidservant Nation Offspring Seed Servant-Woman SlaveJump to Next Bondwoman Bond-Woman Descendant Handmaid Maid Maidservant Nation Offspring Seed Servant-Woman SlaveGenesis 21 1. Isaac is born, and circumcised.6. Sarah's joy. 8. Isaac is weaned. 9. Hagar and Ishmael sent away. 15. Hagar in distress. 17. The angel relieves and comforts her. 23. Abimelech's covenant with Abraham at Beersheba. (13) The son of the bondwoman.--Heb., of the handmaid. Hagar is never acknowledged as Abraham's wife, though her child, as Abraham's son, receives a noble promise for the father's sake.Verse 13. - And also of the son of the bond-woman will I make a nation. Literally, to nation I will set or put him; a promise already given (Genesis 17:20), but here repeated to render Ishmael's dismissal easier. Because he is thy seed. "Thy son according to the flesh, though not after the promise, as Isaac was" (Ainsworth); a proof that men may sometimes receive mercies for their fathers' sakes. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But I will alsoוְגַ֥ם (wə·ḡam) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and make אֲשִׂימֶ֑נּוּ (’ă·śî·men·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set a nation לְג֣וֹי (lə·ḡō·w) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts of the slave woman’s הָאָמָ֖ה (hā·’ā·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 519: A maidservant, female slave son, בֶּן־ (ben-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1121: A son because כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction he הֽוּא׃ (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are is your offspring.” זַרְעֲךָ֖ (zar·‘ă·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity Links Genesis 21:13 NIVGenesis 21:13 NLT Genesis 21:13 ESV Genesis 21:13 NASB Genesis 21:13 KJV Genesis 21:13 BibleApps.com Genesis 21:13 Biblia Paralela Genesis 21:13 Chinese Bible Genesis 21:13 French Bible Genesis 21:13 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 21:13 I will also make a nation (Gen. 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