Isaac Is Born(A)

21 And the Lord (B)visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah (C)as He had spoken.

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The Birth of Isaac

21 Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah(A) as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised.(B)

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10 And He said, “I will certainly return to you (A)according to the time of life, and behold, (B)Sarah your wife shall have a son.”

(Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.)

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10 Then one of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year,(A) and Sarah your wife will have a son.”(B)

Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.

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19 Then God said: “No, (A)Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My (B)covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.

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19 Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son,(A) and you will call him Isaac.[a](B) I will establish my covenant with him(C) as an everlasting covenant(D) for his descendants after him.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 17:19 Isaac means he laughs.

23 But he who was of the bondwoman (A)was born according to the flesh, (B)and he of the freewoman through promise,

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23 His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh,(A) but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a divine promise.(B)

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The words of the Lord are (A)pure words,
Like silver tried in a furnace of earth,
Purified seven times.

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And the words of the Lord are flawless,(A)
    like silver purified(B) in a crucible,(C)
    like gold[a] refined seven times.

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  1. Psalm 12:6 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text earth

in hope of eternal life which God, who (A)cannot lie, promised before time began,

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in the hope of eternal life,(A) which God, who does not lie,(B) promised before the beginning of time,(C)

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17 (as it is written, (A)“I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, (B)who gives life to the dead and calls those (C)things which do not exist as though they did; 18 who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, (D)“So shall your descendants be.” 19 And not being weak in faith, (E)he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), (F)and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. 20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,

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17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.”[a](A) He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life(B) to the dead and calls(C) into being things that were not.(D)

18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations,(E) just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”[b](F) 19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead(G)—since he was about a hundred years old(H)—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead.(I) 20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened(J) in his faith and gave glory to God,(K)

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  1. Romans 4:17 Gen. 17:5
  2. Romans 4:18 Gen. 15:5

21 And the Lord (A)visited[a] Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile the child Samuel (B)grew before the Lord.

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  1. 1 Samuel 2:21 attended to

21 And the Lord was gracious to Hannah;(A) she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew(B) up in the presence of the Lord.

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14 (A)Is anything too hard for the Lord? (B)At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”

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14 Is anything too hard for the Lord?(A) I will return to you at the appointed time next year,(B) and Sarah will have a son.”(C)

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28 Now (A)we, brethren, as Isaac was, are (B)children of promise.

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28 Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise.(A)

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68 “Blessed(A) is the Lord God of Israel,
For (B)He has visited and redeemed His people,

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68 “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,(A)
    because he has come to his people and redeemed them.(B)

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35 (A)Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.

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35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.(A)

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Naomi Returns with Ruth

Then she arose with her daughters-in-law that she might return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the country of Moab that the Lord had (A)visited[a] His people by (B)giving them bread.

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  1. Ruth 1:6 attended to

Naomi and Ruth Return to Bethlehem

When Naomi heard in Moab(A) that the Lord had come to the aid of his people(B) by providing food(C) for them, she and her daughters-in-law(D) prepared to return home from there.

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