Apologetics Bible

Genesis 21:1

Hebrew

וֽ͏ַיהוָה פָּקַד אֶת־שָׂרָה כַּאֲשֶׁר אָמָר וַיַּעַשׂ יְהוָה לְשָׂרָה כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֵּֽר׃

vayhvah-faqad-'et-sharah-kha'asher-'amar-vaya'ash-yehvah-lesharah-kha'asher-diver

KJV: And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

AKJV: And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had spoken.

ASV: And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

YLT: And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken;

Exposition: Genesis 21:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:2

Hebrew

וַתַּהַר וַתֵּלֶד שָׂרָה לְאַבְרָהָם בֵּן לִזְקֻנָיו לַמּוֹעֵד אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר אֹתוֹ אֱלֹהִֽים׃

vatahar-vateled-sharah-le'averaham-ven-lizequnayv-lamvo'ed-'asher-diver-'otvo-'elohiym

KJV: For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

AKJV: For Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

ASV: And Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

YLT: and Sarah conceiveth, and beareth a son to Abraham, to his old age, at the appointed time that God hath spoken of with him;

Exposition: Genesis 21:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:3

Hebrew

וַיִּקְרָא אַבְרָהָם אֶֽת־שֶׁם־בְּנוֹ הַנּֽוֹלַד־לוֹ אֲשֶׁר־יָלְדָה־לּוֹ שָׂרָה יִצְחָֽק׃

vayiqera'-'averaham-'et-shem-venvo-hanvolad-lvo-'asher-yaledah-lvo-sharah-yitzechaq

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

AKJV: And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

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

YLT: and Abraham calleth the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah hath born to him--Isaac;

Exposition: Genesis 21:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:4

Hebrew

וַיָּמָל אַבְרָהָם אֶת־יִצְחָק בְּנוֹ בֶּן־שְׁמֹנַת יָמִים כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֹתוֹ אֱלֹהִֽים׃

vayamal-'averaham-'et-yitzechaq-venvo-ven-shemonat-yamiym-kha'asher-tzivah-'otvo-'elohiym

KJV: And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

AKJV: And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

ASV: And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

YLT: and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son, being a son of eight days, as God hath commanded him.

Exposition: Genesis 21:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:5

Hebrew

וְאַבְרָהָם בֶּן־מְאַת שָׁנָה בְּהִוָּלֶד לוֹ אֵת יִצְחָק בְּנֽוֹ׃

ve'averaham-ven-me'at-shanah-vehivaled-lvo-'et-yitzechaq-venvo

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

AKJV: And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born to him. ¶

ASV: And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

YLT: And Abraham is a son of a hundred years in Isaac his son being born to him,

Exposition: Genesis 21:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:6

Hebrew

וַתֹּאמֶר שָׂרָה צְחֹק עָשָׂה לִי אֱלֹהִים כָּל־הַשֹּׁמֵעַ יִֽצְחַק־לִֽי׃

vato'mer-sharah-tzechoq-'ashah-liy-'elohiym-khal-hashome'a-yitzechaq-liy

KJV: And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.

AKJV: And Sarah said, God has made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.

ASV: And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh; every one that heareth will laugh with me.

YLT: and Sarah saith, ‘God hath made laughter for me; every one who is hearing laugheth for me.’

Exposition: Genesis 21:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:7

Hebrew

וַתֹּאמֶר מִי מִלֵּל לְאַבְרָהָם הֵינִיקָה בָנִים שָׂרָה כִּֽי־יָלַדְתִּי בֵן לִזְקֻנָֽיו׃

vato'mer-miy-milel-le'averaham-heyniyqah-vaniym-sharah-khiy-yaladetiy-ven-lizequnayv

KJV: 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.

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

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

YLT: She saith also, ‘Who hath said to Abraham, Sarah hath suckled sons, that I have born a son for his old age?’

Exposition: Genesis 21:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:8

Hebrew

וַיִּגְדַּל הַיֶּלֶד וַיִּגָּמַל וַיַּעַשׂ אַבְרָהָם מִשְׁתֶּה גָדוֹל בְּיוֹם הִגָּמֵל אֶת־יִצְחָֽק׃

vayigedal-hayeled-vayigamal-vaya'ash-'averaham-misheteh-gadvol-veyvom-higamel-'et-yitzechaq

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

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

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

YLT: And the lad groweth, and is weaned, and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac's being weaned;

Exposition: Genesis 21:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:9

Hebrew

וַתֵּרֶא שָׂרָה אֶֽת־בֶּן־הָגָר הַמִּצְרִית אֲשֶׁר־יָלְדָה לְאַבְרָהָם מְצַחֵֽק׃

vatere'-sharah-'et-ven-hagar-hamitzeriyt-'asher-yaledah-le'averaham-metzacheq

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

AKJV: And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born to Abraham, mocking.

ASV: And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, mocking.

YLT: and Sarah seeth the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she hath borne to Abraham, mocking,

Exposition: Genesis 21:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:10

Hebrew

וַתֹּאמֶר לְאַבְרָהָם גָּרֵשׁ הָאָמָה הַזֹּאת וְאֶת־בְּנָהּ כִּי לֹא יִירַשׁ בֶּן־הָאָמָה הַזֹּאת עִם־בְּנִי עִם־יִצְחָֽק׃

vato'mer-le'averaham-garesh-ha'amah-hazo't-ve'et-venah-khiy-lo'-yiyrash-ven-ha'amah-hazo't-'im-veniy-'im-yitzechaq

KJV: 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.

AKJV: Why she said to Abraham, Cast out this female slave and her son: for the son of this female slave shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

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

YLT: and she saith to Abraham, ‘Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of this handmaid hath no possession with my son--with Isaac.’

Exposition: Genesis 21:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:11

Hebrew

וַיֵּרַע הַדָּבָר מְאֹד בְּעֵינֵי אַבְרָהָם עַל אוֹדֹת בְּנֽוֹ׃

vayera'-hadavar-me'od-ve'eyney-'averaham-'al-'vodot-venvo

KJV: And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.

AKJV: And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son. ¶

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

YLT: And the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son's sake;

Exposition: Genesis 21:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:12

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֶל־אַבְרָהָם אַל־יֵרַע בְּעֵינֶיךָ עַל־הַנַּעַר וְעַל־אֲמָתֶךָ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר תֹּאמַר אֵלֶיךָ שָׂרָה שְׁמַע בְּקֹלָהּ כִּי בְיִצְחָק יִקָּרֵא לְךָ זָֽרַע׃

vayo'mer-'elohiym-'el-'averaham-'al-yera'-ve'eyneykha-'al-hana'ar-ve'al-'amatekha-khol-'asher-to'mar-'eleykha-sharah-shema'-veqolah-khiy-veyitzechaq-yiqare'-lekha-zara'

KJV: 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.

AKJV: And God said to Abraham, Let it not be grievous in your sight because of the lad, and because of your female slave; in all that Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for in Isaac shall your seed be called.

ASV: And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy handmaid; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

YLT: and God saith unto Abraham, ‘Let it not be wrong in thine eyes because of the youth, and because of thy handmaid: all that Sarah saith unto thee--hearken to her voice, for in Isaac is a seed called to thee.

Exposition: Genesis 21:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:13

Hebrew

וְגַם אֶת־בֶּן־הָאָמָה לְגוֹי אֲשִׂימֶנּוּ כִּי זַרְעֲךָ הֽוּא׃

vegam-'et-ven-ha'amah-legvoy-'ashiymenv-khiy-zare'akha-hv'

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

AKJV: And also of the son of the female slave will I make a nation, because he is your seed.

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

YLT: As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he is thy seed.'

Exposition: Genesis 21:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:14

Hebrew

וַיַּשְׁכֵּם אַבְרָהָם ׀ בַּבֹּקֶר וַיִּֽקַּֽח־לֶחֶם וְחֵמַת מַיִם וַיִּתֵּן אֶל־הָגָר שָׂם עַל־שִׁכְמָהּ וְאֶת־הַיֶּלֶד וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֶהָ וַתֵּלֶךְ וַתֵּתַע בְּמִדְבַּר בְּאֵר שָֽׁבַע׃

vayashekhem-'averaham- -vavoqer-vayiqach-lechem-vechemat-mayim-vayiten-'el-hagar-sham-'al-shikhemah-ve'et-hayeled-vayeshalecheha-vatelekhe-vateta'-vemidevar-ve'er-shava'

KJV: 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 Beer–sheba.

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

ASV: 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 gave her the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

YLT: And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and taketh bread, and a bottle of water, and giveth unto Hagar (placing it on her shoulder), also the lad, and sendeth her out; and she goeth on, and goeth astray in the wilderness of Beer-Sheba;

Exposition: Genesis 21:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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 o...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:15

Hebrew

וַיִּכְלוּ הַמַּיִם מִן־הַחֵמֶת וַתַּשְׁלֵךְ אֶת־הַיֶּלֶד תַּחַת אַחַד הַשִּׂיחִֽם׃

vayikhelv-hamayim-min-hachemet-vatashelekhe-'et-hayeled-tachat-'achad-hashiychim

KJV: And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

AKJV: And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

ASV: And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

YLT: and the water is consumed from the bottle, and she placeth the lad under one of the shrubs.

Exposition: Genesis 21:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:16

Hebrew

וַתֵּלֶךְ וַתֵּשֶׁב לָהּ מִנֶּגֶד הַרְחֵק כִּמְטַחֲוֵי קֶשֶׁת כִּי אֽ͏ָמְרָה אַל־אֶרְאֶה בְּמוֹת הַיָּלֶד וַתֵּשֶׁב מִנֶּגֶד וַתִּשָּׂא אֶת־קֹלָהּ וַתֵּֽבְךְּ׃

vatelekhe-vateshev-lah-mineged-harecheq-khimetachavey-qeshet-khiy-'amerah-'al-'ere'eh-vemvot-hayaled-vateshev-mineged-vatisha'-'et-qolah-vatevekhe

KJV: And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: 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.

AKJV: 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.

ASV: And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not look upon the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

YLT: And she goeth and sitteth by herself over-against, afar off, about a bow-shot, for she said, ‘Let me not look on the death of the lad;' and she sitteth over-against, and lifteth up her voice, and weepeth.

Exposition: Genesis 21:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: 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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:17

Hebrew

וַיִּשְׁמַע אֱלֹהִים אֶת־קוֹל הַנַּעַר וַיִּקְרָא מַלְאַךְ אֱלֹהִים ׀ אֶל־הָגָר מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם וַיֹּאמֶר לָהּ מַה־לָּךְ הָגָר אַל־תִּירְאִי כִּֽי־שָׁמַע אֱלֹהִים אֶל־קוֹל הַנַּעַר בַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא־שָֽׁם׃

vayishema'-'elohiym-'et-qvol-hana'ar-vayiqera'-male'akhe-'elohiym- -'el-hagar-min-hashamayim-vayo'mer-lah-mah-lakhe-hagar-'al-tiyre'iy-khiy-shama'-'elohiym-'el-qvol-hana'ar-va'asher-hv'-sham

KJV: 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.

AKJV: And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, What ails you, Hagar? fear not; for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.

ASV: 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.

YLT: And God heareth the voice of the youth; and the messenger of God calleth unto Hagar from the heavens, and saith to her, ‘What to thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath hearkened unto the voice of the youth where he is ;

Exposition: Genesis 21:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:18

Hebrew

קוּמִי שְׂאִי אֶת־הַנַּעַר וְהַחֲזִיקִי אֶת־יָדֵךְ בּוֹ כִּֽי־לְגוֹי גָּדוֹל אֲשִׂימֶֽנּוּ׃

qvmiy-she'iy-'et-hana'ar-vehachaziyqiy-'et-yadekhe-vvo-khiy-legvoy-gadvol-'ashiymenv

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

AKJV: Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in your hand; for I will make him a great nation.

ASV: Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand; for I will make him a great nation.

YLT: rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for a great nation I set him.'

Exposition: Genesis 21:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:19

Hebrew

וַיִּפְקַח אֱלֹהִים אֶת־עֵינֶיהָ וַתֵּרֶא בְּאֵר מָיִם וַתֵּלֶךְ וַתְּמַלֵּא אֶת־הַחֵמֶת מַיִם וַתַּשְׁקְ אֶת־הַנָּֽעַר׃

vayifeqach-'elohiym-'et-'eyneyha-vatere'-ve'er-mayim-vatelekhe-vatemale'-'et-hachemet-mayim-vatasheqe-'et-hana'ar

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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.

ASV: 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.

YLT: And God openeth her eyes, and she seeth a well of water, and she goeth and filleth the bottle with water, and causeth the youth to drink;

Exposition: Genesis 21:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:20

Hebrew

וַיְהִי אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הַנַּעַר וַיִּגְדָּל וַיֵּשֶׁב בַּמִּדְבָּר וַיְהִי רֹבֶה קַשָּֽׁת׃

vayehiy-'elohiym-'et-hana'ar-vayigedal-vayeshev-vamidevar-vayehiy-roveh-qashat

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

AKJV: And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelled in the wilderness, and became an archer.

ASV: And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.

YLT: and God is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is an archer;

Exposition: Genesis 21:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:21

Hebrew

וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּמִדְבַּר פָּארָן וַתִּֽקַּֽח־לוֹ אִמּוֹ אִשָּׁה מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

vayeshev-vemidevar-fa'ran-vatiqach-lvo-'imvo-'ishah-me'eretz-mitzerayim

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

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

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

YLT: and he dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother taketh for him a wife from the land of Egypt.

Exposition: Genesis 21:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:22

Hebrew

וֽ͏ַיְהִי בָּעֵת הַהִוא וַיֹּאמֶר אֲבִימֶלֶךְ וּפִיכֹל שַׂר־צְבָאוֹ אֶל־אַבְרָהָם לֵאמֹר אֱלֹהִים עִמְּךָ בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה עֹשֶֽׂה׃

vayehiy-va'et-hahiv'-vayo'mer-'aviymelekhe-vfiykhol-shar-tzeva'vo-'el-'averaham-le'mor-'elohiym-'imekha-vekhol-'asher-'atah-'osheh

KJV: 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:

AKJV: And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with you in all that you do:

ASV: And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:

YLT: And it cometh to pass at that time that Abimelech speaketh--Phichol also, head of his host--unto Abraham, saying, ‘God is with thee in all that thou art doing;

Exposition: Genesis 21:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:23

Hebrew

וְעַתָּה הִשָּׁבְעָה לִּי בֵֽאלֹהִים הֵנָּה אִם־תִּשְׁקֹר לִי וּלְנִינִי וּלְנֶכְדִּי כַּחֶסֶד אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂיתִי עִמְּךָ תַּעֲשֶׂה עִמָּדִי וְעִם־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־גַּרְתָּה בָּֽהּ׃

ve'atah-hishave'ah-liy-ve'lohiym-henah-'im-tisheqor-liy-vleniyniy-vlenekhediy-khachesed-'asher-'ashiytiy-'imekha-ta'asheh-'imadiy-ve'im-ha'aretz-'asher-garetah-vah

KJV: 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.

AKJV: Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land wherein you have sojourned.

ASV: 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.

YLT: and now, swear to me by God here: thou dost not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with thee thou dost with me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.'

Exposition: Genesis 21:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:24

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָהָם אָנֹכִי אִשָּׁבֵֽעַ׃

vayo'mer-'averaham-'anokhiy-'ishave'a

KJV: And Abraham said, I will swear.

AKJV: And Abraham said, I will swear.

ASV: And Abraham said, I will swear.

YLT: And Abraham saith, ‘I--I do swear.’

Exposition: Genesis 21:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Abraham said, I will swear.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:25

Hebrew

וְהוֹכִחַ אַבְרָהָם אֶת־אֲבִימֶלֶךְ עַל־אֹדוֹת בְּאֵר הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר גָּזְלוּ עַבְדֵי אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃

vehvokhicha-'averaham-'et-'aviymelekhe-'al-'odvot-ve'er-hamayim-'asher-gazelv-'avedey-'aviymelekhe

KJV: And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

AKJV: And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

ASV: And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

YLT: And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech's servants have taken violently away,

Exposition: Genesis 21:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:26

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אֲבִימֶלֶךְ לֹא יָדַעְתִּי מִי עָשָׂה אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה וְגַם־אַתָּה לֹא־הִגַּדְתָּ לִּי וְגַם אָנֹכִי לֹא שָׁמַעְתִּי בִּלְתִּי הַיּֽוֹם׃

vayo'mer-'aviymelekhe-lo'-yada'etiy-miy-'ashah-'et-hadavar-hazeh-vegam-'atah-lo'-higadeta-liy-vegam-'anokhiy-lo'-shama'etiy-viletiy-hayvom

KJV: 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.

AKJV: And Abimelech said, I know not who has done this thing; neither did you tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.

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

YLT: and Abimelech saith, ‘I have not known who hath done this thing, and even thou didst not declare to me, and I also, I have not heard save to-day.’

Exposition: Genesis 21:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:27

Hebrew

וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָהָם צֹאן וּבָקָר וַיִּתֵּן לַאֲבִימֶלֶךְ וַיִּכְרְתוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם בְּרִֽית׃

vayiqach-'averaham-tzo'n-vvaqar-vayiten-la'aviymelekhe-vayikheretv-sheneyhem-veriyt

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

AKJV: And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

ASV: And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and they two made a covenant.

YLT: And Abraham taketh sheep and oxen, and giveth to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;

Exposition: Genesis 21:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:28

Hebrew

וַיַּצֵּב אַבְרָהָם אֶת־שֶׁבַע כִּבְשֹׂת הַצֹּאן לְבַדְּהֶֽן׃

vayatzev-'averaham-'et-sheva'-khiveshot-hatzo'n-levadehen

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

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

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

YLT: and Abraham setteth seven Lambs of the flock by themselves.

Exposition: Genesis 21:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:29

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אֲבִימֶלֶךְ אֶל־אַבְרָהָם מָה הֵנָּה שֶׁבַע כְּבָשֹׂת הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר הִצַּבְתָּ לְבַדָּֽנָה׃

vayo'mer-'aviymelekhe-'el-'averaham-mah-henah-sheva'-khevashot-ha'eleh-'asher-hitzaveta-levadanah

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

AKJV: And Abimelech said to Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?

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

YLT: And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, ‘What are they--these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?’

Exposition: Genesis 21:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:30

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר כִּי אֶת־שֶׁבַע כְּבָשֹׂת תִּקַּח מִיָּדִי בַּעֲבוּר תִּֽהְיֶה־לִּי לְעֵדָה כִּי חָפַרְתִּי אֶת־הַבְּאֵר הַזֹּֽאת׃

vayo'mer-khiy-'et-sheva'-khevashot-tiqach-miyadiy-va'avvr-tiheyeh-liy-le'edah-khiy-chafaretiy-'et-have'er-hazo't

KJV: 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.

AKJV: And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shall you take of my hand, that they may be a witness to me, that I have dig this well.

ASV: And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

YLT: And he saith, ‘For--the seven lambs thou dost accept from my hand, so that it becometh a witness for me that I have digged this well;’

Exposition: Genesis 21:30 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:31

Hebrew

עַל־כֵּן קָרָא לַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא בְּאֵר שָׁבַע כִּי שָׁם נִשְׁבְּעוּ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃

'al-khen-qara'-lamaqvom-hahv'-ve'er-shava'-khiy-sham-nisheve'v-sheneyhem

KJV: Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.

AKJV: Why he called that place Beersheba; because there they swore both of them.

ASV: Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

YLT: therefore hath he called that place ‘Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn.

Exposition: Genesis 21:31 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:32

Hebrew

וַיִּכְרְתוּ בְרִית בִּבְאֵר שָׁבַע וַיָּקָם אֲבִימֶלֶךְ וּפִיכֹל שַׂר־צְבָאוֹ וַיָּשֻׁבוּ אֶל־אֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃

vayikheretv-veriyt-vive'er-shava'-vayaqam-'aviymelekhe-vfiykhol-shar-tzeva'vo-vayashuvv-'el-'eretz-felishetiym

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

AKJV: 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. ¶

ASV: So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

YLT: And they make a covenant in Beer-Sheba, and Abimelech riseth--Phichol also, head of his host--and they turn back unto the land of the Philistines;

Exposition: Genesis 21:32 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thus they made a covenant at Beer–sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:33

Hebrew

וַיִּטַּע אֶשֶׁל בִּבְאֵר שָׁבַע וַיִּקְרָא־שָׁם בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה אֵל עוֹלָֽם׃

vayita'-'eshel-vive'er-shava'-vayiqera'-sham-veshem-yehvah-'el-'volam

KJV: And Abraham planted a grove in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.

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

ASV: And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God.

YLT: and Abraham planteth a tamarisk in Beer-Sheba, and preacheth there in the name of Jehovah, God age-during;

Exposition: Genesis 21:33 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Abraham planted a grove in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 21:34

Hebrew

וַיָּגָר אַבְרָהָם בְּאֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים יָמִים רַבִּֽים׃

vayagar-'averaham-ve'eretz-felishetiym-yamiym-raviym

KJV: And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.

AKJV: And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.

ASV: And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

YLT: and Abraham sojourneth in the land of the Philistines many days.

Exposition: Genesis 21:34 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.