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YHWHוַיהוָהattended toפָּקַדSarahאֶת שָׂרָהasכַּאֲשֶׁרhe had said,אָמָרand YHWHוַ יְהוָהdidיַּעַשׂfor Sarahלְשָׂרָהasכַּאֲשֶׁרhe had spoken.דִּבֵּר
Genesis 21:1
Study it in the app“YHWH attended to Sarah as he had said, and YHWH did for Sarah as he had spoken.”
Sarah bears Isaac at the time God had saidFaithfulness
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 21:1, word by word
- YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears- attended toפָּקַדpakad
attend to
To attend to someone; God comes to help.
Where else “pakad” appears- Sarahשָׂרָהsara
Sarah
Sarah, the name God gave to Sarai, wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. It means "princess".
Where else “sara” appears- he had saidאָמָרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- didיַּעַשׂyaas
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “yaas” appears- he had spokenדִּבֵּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time of which Elohim had spoken to him.
To study Genesis 21 in a group
1. What it says
What happened when Isaac was born, and what did Sarah say (vv. 1-7)?
2. What it means
What does it show about Elohim’s care that he heard the voice of the boy in the wilderness (vv. 17-19)?
3. How I live it
Whom that seems to be pushed aside can you give time and attention today?