Genesis 21:9 “But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraha…”

Genesis 21:9

But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.

World English Bible

Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.

American Standard Version

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, mocking.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Sarah sawe the sonne of Hagar the Egyptian (which she had borne vnto Abraham) mocking.

Darby Translation

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.

Young's Literal Translation

and Sarah seeth the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she hath borne to Abraham, mocking,

Bible in Basic English

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian playing with Isaac.

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Cross references

“Sarah”

Genesis 16:15 Genesis 16:3–6 Genesis 17:20

Genesis 16:15 · BSB

And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.

Genesis 16:3–6 · BSB

So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife.

Genesis 17:20 · BSB

As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

“Egyptian”

Genesis 16:1

Genesis 16:1 · BSB

Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.

“mocking”

Galatians 4:29 Galatians 4:22 2 Chronicles 30:10 2 Chronicles 36:16 Psalm 22:6 Psalm 42:10

Galatians 4:29 · BSB

At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.

Galatians 4:22 · BSB

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.

2 Chronicles 30:10 · BSB

And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but the people scorned and mocked them.

2 Chronicles 36:16 · BSB

But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

Psalm 22:6 · BSB

But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.

Psalm 42:10 · BSB

Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.

10and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”

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