Genesis 21:11 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

¹¹ The matter was very distressing to Abraham on account of his son.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ And the thing was very grievous (serious, evil) in Abraham's sight on account of his son [Ishmael].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son.

Common English Bible

¹¹ This upset Abraham terribly because the boy was his son.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ Abraham took this grievously, for the sake of 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.