Genesis 21:11 - Easy To Read Version

This upset Abraham very much. He was worried about his son {Ishmael}.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

This upset Abraham terribly because the boy was his son.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Abraham took this grievously, for the sake of his son.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Abraham took this grievously for his son.

Genesis 21:11 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 17:18

Then Abraham said to God, “I hope Ishmael will live and serve you.”

Genesis 21:12

But God said to Abraham, “Don’t worry about the boy and the slave woman. Do what Sarah wants. Isaac will be your only heir. [115]

2 Samuel 18:33

{Then the king knew Absalom was dead}. The king was very upset. He went up to the room over the gate and cried. He kept crying again and again as he walked to that room. He was saying, “O my son Absalom, my son Absalom! I wish I had died instead of you. O Absalom, my son, my son!”

Matthew 10:37

“Any person that loves his father or mother more than he loves me is not good enough to follow me. Any person who loves his son or daughter more than he loves me is not good enough to follow me.

Hebrews 12:11

We don’t enjoy punishment when we get it. Being punished is painful. But later, after we have learned from being punished, we have peace, because we start living right.