Genesis 21:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The matter was very distressing to Abraham on account of his son.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And the thing was very grievous (serious, evil) in Abraham's sight on account of his son [Ishmael].

American Standard Version (1901)

And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son.

Common English Bible

This upset Abraham terribly because the boy was his son.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Abraham took this grievously, for the sake of his son.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Abraham took this grievously for his son.

Genesis 21:11 Cross References

Genesis 17:18

And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live in your sight!”

Genesis 21:12

But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed because of the boy and because of your slave woman; whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for it is through Isaac that offspring shall be named for you.

2 Samuel 18:33

The king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept, and as he went he said, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

Matthew 10:37

“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me,

Hebrews 12:11

Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.