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The matterהַדָּבָרwas greatlyמְאֹדdispleasingוַיֵּרַעin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof Abrahamאַבְרָהָםon account ofעַל אוֹדֹתhis son.בְּנוֹ
Genesis 21:11
Study it in the app“The matter was greatly displeasing in the eyes of Abraham on account of his son.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 21:11, word by word
- The matterדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- was greatlyמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- displeasingיֵּרַעyera
displease
To be unpleasant to someone.
Where else “yera” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- on account ofאוֹדֹתodot
cause
Cause, reason: "because of".
Where else “odot” appears- his sonבְּנben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears
The context
10And she said to Abraham, “Drive out this slave woman and her son, for the son of this slave woman will not inherit with my son, with Isaac.”
11 · This verse (above)
12But Elohim said to Abraham, “Do not let it be displeasing in your eyes on account of the boy and on account of your slave woman. All that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice, for through Isaac offspring will be named for you.
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?