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Genesis 20.

The Book of Genesis

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Chapter 21

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And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
visited 1st Sam 2:21

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For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
bare Gen 17:21
a son Gen 18:10, Luke 1:13

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And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
Isaac Matt 1:2

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And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
eight days Gen 17:12, Lev 12:3, Acts 7:8, Phil 3:5

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And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

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And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
laugh Gen 17:17, Gen 18:12

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And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.

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And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.

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And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
mocking Gal 4:29

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Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Cast out Gal 4:30

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

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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 hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
for in Isaac Rom 9:7, Gal 3:16, Heb 11:18

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And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

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And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
sent Gen 25:6

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And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
water Num 20:5, Psa 63:1

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And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
see Gen 44:34

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And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
heard 2nd Kings 13:4

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Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
great nation Gen 17:20

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And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
opened Num 22:31, 2nd Kings 6:17, Luke 24:16

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And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
with Gen 39:2

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And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

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And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
with Gen 26:28, Isa 8:10

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Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
swear Josh 2:12, 1st Sam 24:21

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And Abraham said, I will swear.

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And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
well Gen 26:15

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And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing; neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.

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And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
covenant Gen 26:28

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And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

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And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
What Gen 33:8

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And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
witness Gen 31:48

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Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
called Gen 26:18
Beersheba
sware Gen 26:31

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Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

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And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.

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And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.

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(a) "Beersheba" = well of an oath.
Strongs #884 - from 875 (eer - a pit, especially a well) and 7651 (sheba - a prime cardinal number "seven" as the sacred full number, from 7650 a primal root "to be complete").
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