I will bless her. I will give her a son, and you will be the father. She will be the mother of many new nations. Kings of nations will come from her.”
Genesis 21:1 - Easy To Read Version The Lord kept the promise he had made to Sarah. The Lord did for Sarah what he had promised. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THE Lord visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for her as He had promised. American Standard Version (1901) And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did unto Sarah as he had spoken. Common English Bible The LORD was attentive to Sarah just as he had said, and the LORD carried out just what he had promised her. Catholic Public Domain Version Then the Lord visited Sarah, just as he had promised; and he fulfilled what he had spoken. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord visited Sara, as he had promised: and fulfilled what he had spoken. |
I will bless her. I will give her a son, and you will be the father. She will be the mother of many new nations. Kings of nations will come from her.”
God said, “No! I said that your wife Sarah will have a son. You will name him Isaac. [100] I will make my agreement with him. That agreement will be an agreement that continues forever with all his descendants. [101]
But I will make my agreement with Isaac. Isaac will be the son that Sarah will have. This son will be born at this same time next year.”
Then the Lord said, “I will come again in the spring. At that time, your wife Sarah will have a son.”
Is anything too hard for the Lord? No! I will come again in the spring when I said I would. And your wife Sarah will have a son.”
Sarah was my master’s wife. When she was very old, she gave birth to a son. And my master has given everything he owns to that son.
When Joseph was near death, he said to his brothers, “My time to die is almost here. But I know that God will take care of you and lead you out of this country. God will lead you to the land he promised to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
But the woman did become pregnant. She gave birth to a son that next spring, just like Elisha said.
Lord, remember me when you are kind\par to your people.\par Remember to save me, too!\par
The Lord’s words are true and pure\par like silver melted in a hot fire.\par They are pure like silver that was melted and made pure seven times.\par
Don’t worship or serve idols of any kind. Why? Because I, the Lord, am your God. I hate my people worshiping other gods. [125] People who sin against me become my enemies. And I will punish those people. And I will punish their children, their grandchildren, and even their great-grandchildren.
{The Lord also said,} “Go and gather together the elders (leaders) of the people and tell them, ‘YAHWEH, [23] the God of your ancestors, [24] has appeared to me. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob spoke to me. The Lord says: I have been watching over you and I have seen the things that people did to you in Egypt.
The people believed that God had sent Moses. The people of Israel knew that God had seen their troubles, and that he had come to help them. So they bowed down and worshiped God.
The whole world, earth and sky, will be destroyed, but the words I have said will never be destroyed!
“Praise to the Lord God of Israel (the Jews).\par God has come to help his people\par and has given them freedom.\par
They will destroy you and all your people. Not one stone of your buildings will stay on top of another. All this will happen because you did not know the time when God came to save you.”
Abraham’s son from the slave woman was born in the normal human way. But the son from the free woman was born because of the promise \{God made to Abraham\}.
Now, in Christ, there is no difference between Jew and Greek (non-Jew). There is no difference between slaves and free people. There is no difference between male and female. You are all the same in Christ Jesus.
That faith and that knowledge come from our hope for life forever. God promised that life to us before time began—and God does not lie.
While Naomi was in the hill country of Moab, she heard that the Lord had helped his people. He had given food to his people {in Judah}. So Naomi decided to leave the hill country of Moab and go back home. Her daughters-in-law also decided to go with her.
Early the next morning Elkanah’s family got up. They worshiped the Lord and then went back home to Ramah.
the Lord was kind to Hannah. She had three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew up {at the holy place} near the Lord.