Genesis 21:1

New Living Translation

The Lord kept his word and did for Sarah exactly what he had promised.

Cross References

Genesis 17:16

And I will bless her and give you a son from her! Yes, I will bless her richly, and she will become the mother of many nations. Kings of nations will be among her descendants.”

Genesis 17:19

But God replied, “No—Sarah, your wife, will give birth to a son for you. You will name him Isaac, and I will confirm my covenant with him and his descendants as an everlasting covenant.

Genesis 17:21

But my covenant will be confirmed with Isaac, who will be born to you and Sarah about this time next year.”

Genesis 18:10

Then one of them said, “I will return to you about this time next year, and your wife, Sarah, will have a son!” Sarah was listening to this conversation from the tent.

Genesis 18:14

Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”

Genesis 24:36

“When Sarah, my master’s wife, was very old, she gave birth to my master’s son, and my master has given him everything he owns.

Genesis 50:24

“Soon I will die,” Joseph told his brothers, “but God will surely come to help you and lead you out of this land of Egypt. He will bring you back to the land he solemnly promised to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

2 Kings 4:17

But sure enough, the woman soon became pregnant. And at that time the following year she had a son, just as Elisha had said.

Psalm 106:4

Remember me, Lord, when you show favor to your people; come near and rescue me.

Psalm 12:6

The Lord’s promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over.

Exodus 20:5

You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.

Exodus 3:16

“Now go and call together all the elders of Israel. Tell them, ‘Yahweh, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me. He told me, “I have been watching closely, and I see how the Egyptians are treating you.

Exodus 4:31

Then the people of Israel were convinced that the Lord had sent Moses and Aaron. When they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.

Luke 1:68

“Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited and redeemed his people.

Luke 19:44

They will crush you into the ground, and your children with you. Your enemies will not leave a single stone in place, because you did not recognize it when God visited you.”

Galatians 4:23

The son of the slave wife was born in a human attempt to bring about the fulfillment of God’s promise. But the son of the freeborn wife was born as God’s own fulfillment of his promise.

Galatians 4:28

And you, dear brothers and sisters, are children of the promise, just like Isaac.

Titus 1:2

This truth gives them confidence that they have eternal life, which God—who does not lie—promised them before the world began.

Ruth 1:6

Then Naomi heard in Moab that the Lord had blessed his people in Judah by giving them good crops again. So Naomi and her daughters-in-law got ready to leave Moab to return to her homeland.

1 Samuel 1:19

The entire family got up early the next morning and went to worship the Lord once more. Then they returned home to Ramah. When Elkanah slept with Hannah, the Lord remembered her plea,

1 Samuel 2:21

And the Lord blessed Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord.