Genesis 21:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD was good to Sarah and kept his promise.

Cross References

Genesis 17:16

I will bless her, and you will have a son by her. She will become the mother of nations, and some of her descendants will even be kings.

Genesis 17:19

But God answered: No! You and Sarah will have a son. His name will be Isaac, and I will make an everlasting promise to him and his descendants.

Genesis 17:21

But your son Isaac will be born about this time next year, and the promise I am making to you and your family will be for him and his descendants for ever.

Genesis 18:10

One of the guests was the LORD, and he said, “I'll come back about this time next year, and when I do, Sarah will already have a son.” Sarah was behind Abraham, listening at the entrance to the tent.

Genesis 18:14

I am the LORD! There is nothing too difficult for me. I'll come back next year at the time I promised, and Sarah will already have a son.”

Genesis 24:36

Sarah, my master's wife, didn't have any children until she was very old. Then she had a son, and my master has given him everything.

Genesis 50:24

Before Joseph died, he told his brothers, “I won't live much longer. But God will take care of you and lead you out of Egypt to the land he promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

2 Kings 4:17

But a few months later, the woman got pregnant. She gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had promised.

Psalm 106:4

Remember me, LORD, when you show kindness by saving your people.

Psalm 12:6

Our LORD, you are true to your promises, and your word is like silver heated seven times in a fiery furnace.

Exodus 20:5

Don't bow down and worship idols. I am the LORD your God, and I demand all your love. If you reject me, I will punish your families for three or four generations.

Exodus 3:16

Call together the leaders of Israel and tell them that the God who was worshipped by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob has appeared to you. Tell them I have seen how terribly they are being treated in Egypt,

Exodus 4:31

and everyone believed. They bowed down and worshipped the LORD because they knew that he had seen their suffering and was going to help them.

Matthew 24:35

The sky and the earth won't last for ever, but my words will.

Luke 1:68

Praise the Lord, the God of Israel! He has come to save his people.

Luke 19:44

They will level you to the ground and kill your people. Not one stone in your buildings will be left on top of another. This will happen because you did not see that God had come to save you.

Galatians 4:23

The son of the slave woman was born in the usual way. But the son of the free woman was born because of God's promise.

Galatians 4:28

My friends, you were born because of this promise, just as Isaac was.

Titus 1:2

Then they will have the hope of eternal life that God promised long ago. And God never tells a lie!

Ruth 1:6

When Naomi heard that the LORD had given his people a good harvest, she and her two daughters-in-law got ready to leave Moab and go to Judah. As they were on their way there,

1 Samuel 1:19

Elkanah and his family got up early the next morning and worshipped the LORD. Then they went back home to Ramah. Later the LORD blessed Elkanah and Hannah

1 Samuel 2:21

The LORD was kind to Hannah, and she had three more sons and two daughters. But Samuel grew up at the LORD's house in Shiloh.