Genesis 21:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

More versions

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ Abraham took this grievously for his son.

Genesis 21:11 Cross References

Genesis 17:18

And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!

Genesis 21:12

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 saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

2 Samuel 18:33

And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

Matthew 10:37

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Hebrews 12:11

All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous, but grievous: yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness.