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Genesis 21

Gen. 21:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wherefore she said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto Abraham
'Abraham (Hebrew #85)
father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram
KJV usage: Abraham.
Pronounce: ab-raw-hawm'
Origin: contracted from 1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous)
, Cast out
garash (Hebrew #1644)
to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce
KJV usage: cast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away (forth, out), expel, X surely put away, trouble, thrust out.
Pronounce: gaw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
this bondwoman
'amah (Hebrew #519)
a maid-servant or female slave
KJV usage: (hand-)bondmaid(-woman), maid(-servant).
Pronounce: aw-maw'
Origin: apparently a primitive word
and her son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
p: for the son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of this bondwoman
'amah (Hebrew #519)
a maid-servant or female slave
KJV usage: (hand-)bondmaid(-woman), maid(-servant).
Pronounce: aw-maw'
Origin: apparently a primitive word
shall not be heir
yarash (Hebrew #3423)
a primitive root; to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
KJV usage: cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, X without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) + magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, X utterly.
Pronounce: yaw-rash'
Origin: or yaresh {yaw-raysh'}
with my son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
, even with Isaac
Yitschaq (Hebrew #3327)
laughter (i.e. mochery); Jitschak (or Isaac), son of Abraham
KJV usage: Isaac. Compare 3446.
Pronounce: yits-khawk'
Origin: from 6711
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Gal. 4:30• 30But what saith the scripture? “Cast out the maidservant and her son. For in no wise shall the son of the maidservant inherit with the son of the freewoman.” (Gal. 4:30)

More on:

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Abraham,
Heir,
Isaac,
Son

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Cast out.The word rendered "cast out," signifies also to divorce.
See Le 21:7.
In this latter sense, it may be understood here.
Gen. 25:6,19• 6and to the sons of the concubines that Abraham had Abraham gave gifts, and, while he yet lived, sent them away from Isaac his son, eastward to the east country.
 19And these [are] the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham begot Isaac. (Gen. 25:6,19)
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Gen. 17:19,21• 19{i}And God said, Sarah thy wife shall indeed bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him, for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.{/i}
 21{i}But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to thee at this appointed time in the next year.{/i} (Gen. 17:19,21)
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Gen. 20:11• 11And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake. (Gen. 20:11)
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Gen. 22:10• 10And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. (Gen. 22:10)
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Gen. 36:6‑7• 6And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his possessions, that he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and went into a country away from his brother Jacob.
 7For their property was too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they were sojourners could not bear them, because of their cattle. (Gen. 36:6‑7)
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Matt. 8:11‑12• 11{i}But I say unto you, that many shall come from [the] rising and setting [sun], and shall lie down at table with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens;{/i}
 12{i}but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.{/i} (Matt. 8:11‑12)
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Matt. 22:13• 13Then said the king to the servants, Bind his feet and hands, and take and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. (Matt. 22:13)
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John 8:35• 35Now the bondman abideth not in the house forever; the son abideth forever. (John 8:35)
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Gal. 4:22‑31• 22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one of the maidservant and one of the freewoman.
 23But he that was of the maidservant was born according to flesh, and he that was of the freewoman through the promise.
 24Which things are given allegorically, for these are two covenants, one from Mount Sina, gendering unto bondage, which is Agar.
 25For Agar is Mount Sina in Arabia, but correspondeth with the existing Jerusalem, for she is in bondage with her children.
 26But the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother,
 27for it is written, “Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break out and cry, thou that travailest not; for the children of the desolate are many more than of her that hath the husband.”
 28But we, brethren, like Isaac, are children of promise.
 29But as then he that was born according to flesh persecuted him that was according to Spirit, so now.
 30But what saith the scripture? “Cast out the maidservant and her son. For in no wise shall the son of the maidservant inherit with the son of the freewoman.”
 31Therefore, brethren, we are not children of a maidservant, but of the freewoman. (Gal. 4:22‑31)
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1 John 2:19• 19From us they went out, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have abode with us, but [they went out] that they might be manifested that none are of us. (1 John 2:19)
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John 8:35• 35Now the bondman abideth not in the house forever; the son abideth forever. (John 8:35)
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Gal. 3:18• 18For if the inheritance is of law, it is no more of promise; but to Abraham by promise God graciously gave [it]. (Gal. 3:18)
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Gal. 4:7• 7So that thou art no longer a bondservant but a son; and if a son, an heir also of God through Christ. (Gal. 4:7)
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1 Peter 1:4• 4unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in [the] heavens for you (1 Peter 1:4)
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1 John 2:19• 19From us they went out, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have abode with us, but [they went out] that they might be manifested that none are of us. (1 John 2:19)
• Here was the only remedy. “That which is crooked cannot be made straight”; therefore you have only to get rid of the crooked thing altogether, and occupy yourself with that which is divinely straight. (“Genesis 21” by C.H. Mackintosh)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And she said to Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of this handmaid shall not inherit with my son—with Isaac.

W. Kelly Translation

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Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.