A moment in scripture
Genesis 21:13
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
The surrounding passage
- Genesis 21:11
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.
- Genesis 21:12
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.
- Genesis 21:14
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.
- Genesis 21:15
And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.