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And she said,וַתֹּאמֶר“Whoמִיwould have saidמִלֵּלto Abrahamלְאַבְרָהָםthat Sarahשָׂרָהwould nurseהֵינִיקָהchildren?בָנִיםYetכִּיI have borne himיָלַדְתִּיa sonבֵןin his old age.”לִזְקֻנָיו
Genesis 21:7
Study it in the app“And she said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 21:7, word by word
- And she saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- would have saidמִלֵּלmilel
say
To say something to someone, or make known in words what one thinks.
Where else “milel” appears- to 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- that Sarahשָׂרָהsara
Sarah
Sarah, the name God gave to Sarai, wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. It means "princess".
Where else “sara” appears- would nurseהֵינִיקָהhenika
nurse
To give a baby the breast, the mother or the woman who nurses him.
Where else “henika” appears- childrenבָנִיםvanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanim” appears- I have borne himיָלַדְתִּיyaladti
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yaladti” appears- in his old ageזְקֻנָיzekunay
old age
Old age.
Where else “zekunay” appears
The context
6Sarah said, “Elohim has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me.”
7 · This verse (above)
8The child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
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?