Genesis 21:12 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹² 2 And God said to him: Let it not seem grievous to thee for the boy, and for thy bondwoman: in all that Sara hath said to thee, hearken to her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² God said to Abraham, Do not let it seem grievous and evil to you because of the youth and your bondwoman; in all that Sarah has said to you, do what she asks, for in Isaac shall your posterity be called. [Rom. 9:7.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy handmaid; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Common English Bible

¹² God said to Abraham, “Don’t be upset about the boy and your servant. Do everything Sarah tells you to do because your descendants will be traced through Isaac.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And God said to him: "Let it not seem harsh to you concerning the boy and your woman servant. In all that Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice. For your offspring will be invoked in Isaac.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And God said to him: Let it not seem grievous to thee for the boy, and for thy bondwoman. In all that Sara hath said to thee, hearken to her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Genesis 21:12 Cross References

Genesis 17:19

9 And God said to Abraham: Sara thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him for a perpetual covenant, and with his seed after him.

Genesis 17:21

1 But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sara shall bring forth to thee at this time in the next year.

Isaiah 46:10

Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called the lady of kingdoms.

Galatians 4:30

This persuasion is not from him that calleth you.

Hebrews 11:18

7 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the fierceness of the king: for he endured as seeing him that is invisible.

1 Samuel 8:7

2 And he will appoint of them to be his tribunes, and centurions, and to plough his fields, and to reap his corn, and to make him arms and chariots.

1 Samuel 8:9

4 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best oliveyards, and give them to his servants.