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Genesis 21:8 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. "
Genesis 21:8
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
10 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.
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Genesis 21:1
"And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken."
Genesis 21:2
"For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him."
Genesis 21:3
"And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac."
Genesis 21:4
"And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him."
Genesis 21:5
"And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him."
Genesis 21:6
"And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me."
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