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But Sarahוַ שָׂרָהsawתֵּרֶאthe sonאֶת בֶּןof Hagarהָגָרthe Egyptian,הַמִּצְרִיתwhomאֲשֶׁרshe had borneיָלְדָהto Abraham,לְאַבְרָהָםlaughing.מְצַחֵק
Genesis 21:9
Study it in the app“But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 21:9, word by word
- But Sarahשָׂרָהsara
Sarah
Sarah, the name God gave to Sarai, wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. It means "princess".
Where else “sara” appears- sawתֵּרֶאtere
realize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “tere” appears- the sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Hagarהָגָרhagar
Hagar
Hagar, the Egyptian slave of Sarai, mother of Ishmael.
Where else “hagar” appears- the Egyptianמִּצְרִיתmitsrit
Egyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsrit” appears- she had borneיָלְדָהyalda
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yalda” 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- laughingמְצַחֵקmetsachek
laugh
To laugh, like Sarah at the promise.
Where else “metsachek” appears
The context
8The child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
9 · This verse (above)
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.”
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?