visited. 50:24; Ex 3:16; 4:31; 20:5; Ru 1:6; 1Sa 2:21; Ps 106:4; Lu 1:68; 19:44; Ro 4:17-20;
Sarah as. 17:19; 18:10,14; Ps 12:6; Mt 24:35; Ga 4:23,28; Tit 1:2;
conceived. 2Ki 4:16,17; Lu 1:24,25,36; Ac 7:8; Ga 4:22; Heb 11:11;
at the set. 17:19,21; 18:10,14; Ro 9:9; ver. 6,12; 17:19; 22:2; Jos 24:3; Mt 1:2; Ac 7:8; Ro 9:7; Heb 11:18; 17:10-12; Ex 12:48; Le 12:3; De 12:32; Lu 1:6,59; 2:21; Joh 7:22,23; Ac 7:8; 17:1,17; Ro 4:19;
God. 17:17; 18:12-15; 1Sa 1:26-28; 2:1-10; Ps 113:9; 126:2; Isa 49:15,21; Isa 54:1; Lu 1:46-55; Joh 16:21,22; Ga 4:27,28; Heb 11:11;
to laugh. Sarah most likely remembered the circumstance mentioned in ch. 18:12; and also the name Isaac, which implies laughter.
will laugh. Lu 1:14,58; Ro 12:15;
Who. Nu 23:23; De 4:32-34; Ps 86:8,10; Isa 49:21; 66:8; Eph 3:10; 2Th 1:10;
A.M. 2111. B.C. 1893. and was. 1Sa 1:22; Ps 131:2; Ho 1:8;
feast. 19:3; 26:30; 29:22; 40:20; Jud 14:10,12; 1Sa 25:36; 2Sa 3:20; 1Ki 3:15; Es 1:3;
mocking. 2Ki 2:23,24; 2Ch 30:10; 36:16; Ne 4:1-5; Job 30:1; Ps 22:6; 42:10; Ps 44:13,14; Pr 20:11; La 1:7; Ga 4:22,29; Heb 11:36;
Cast out. The word rendered "cast out," signifies also to divorce. See Le 21:7. In this latter sense, it may be understood here. 25:6,19; 17:19,21; 20:11; 22:10; 36:6,7; Mt 8:11,12; 22:13; Joh 8:35; Ga 4:22-31; 1Jo 2:19;
heir. Joh 8:35; Ga 3:18; 4:7; 1Pe 1:4; 1Jo 2:19;
because. 17:18; 22:1,2; 2Sa 18:33; Mt 10:37; Heb 12:11;
hearken. 1Sa 8:7,9; Isa 46:10;
in Isaac. 17:19,21; Ro 9:7,8; Heb 11:18; ver. 18; 16:10; 17:20; 25:12-18;
A.M. 2112. B.C. 1892. rose up. 19:27; 22:3; 24:54; 26:31; Ps 119:60; Pr 27:14; Ec 9:10;
child. Or, youth, (see ver. 12, 20,) as Ishmael was now 16; or 17 years of age.
sent. Joh 8:35;
wandered. 16:7; 37:15; Ps 107:4; Isa 16:8; Ga 4:23-25;
Beer-sheba. So called when Moses wrote; but not before Abraham's covenant with Abimelech, ver. 31. Such instances of the figure prolepsis are not infrequent in the Pentateuch. ver. 33; 22:19; 26:33; 46:1; 1Ki 19:3;
the water. ver. 14; Ex 15:22-25; 17:1-3; 2Ki 3:9; Ps 63:1; Isa 44:12; Jer 14:3;
and she cast the child. Or, "and she sent the lad," to screen him from the intensity of the heat.
Let. 44:34; 1Ki 3:26; Es 8:6; Isa 49:15; Zec 12:10; Lu 15:20;
lift. 27:38; 29:11; Jud 2:4; Ru 1:9; 1Sa 24:16; 30:4;
heard. 16:11; Ex 3:7; 22:23,27; 2Ki 13:4,23; Ps 50:15; 65:2; 91:15; Mt 15:32;
What. Jud 18:23; 1Sa 11:5; Isa 22:1;
fear. 15:1; 46:3; Ex 14:13; Ps 107:4-6; Isa 41:10,13,14; 43:1,2; Mr 5:36;
I will. ver. 13; 16:10; 17:20; 25:12-18; 1Ch 1:29-31; Nu 22:31; 2Ki 6:17-20; Isa 35:5,6; Lu 24:16-31;
God. 17:20; 28:15; 39:2,3,21; Jud 6:12; 13:24,25; Lu 1:80; 2:40;
an archer. 10:9; 16:12; 25:27; 27:3; 49:23,24;
in the. Nu 10:12; 12:16; 13:3,26; 1Sa 25:1;
a wife. 24:3,4; 26:34,35; 27:46; 28:1,2; Jud 14:2; 1Co 7:38;
A.M. 2118. B.C. 1886. Abimelech. 20:2; 26:26;
God. 20:17; 26:28; 28:15; 30:27; 39:2,3; Jos 3:7; 2Ch 1:1; Isa 8:10; 45:14; Zec 8:23; Mt 1:23; Ro 8:31; 1Co 14:25; Heb 13:5; Re 3:9;
swear. 14:22,23; 24:3; 26:28; 31:44,53; De 6:13; Jos 2:12; 1Sa 20:13,17,42; 1Sa 24:21,22; 30:15; Jer 4:2; 2Co 1:23; Heb 6:16;
that thou wilt not deal falsely with me. Heb. if thou shalt lie unto me. I have. 20:14; 14:13; Ro 12:18; Heb 6:16;
reproved. 26:15-22; 29:8; Ex 2:15-17; Jud 1:15; Pr 17:10; 25:9; 27:5; Mt 18:15;
because. Wells of water were of great consequence in those hot countries, especially where the flocks were numerous; because water was scarce, and digging to find it was attended with the expense of much time and labour.
servants. 13:7; 26:15-22; Ex 2:16,17;
I wot. "Wot," though used for the present, is the past tense of the almost obsolete word "to wit," from the Saxon {witan,} to know. 13:7; 2Ki 5:20-24;
took. 14:22,23; Pr 17:8; 18:16,24; 21:14; Isa 32:8;
made. 26:28-31; 31:44; 1Sa 18:3; Eze 17:13; Ro 1:31; Ga 3:15; ver. 28; 33:8; Ex 12:26; 1Sa 15:14;
a witness. 31:44-48,52; Jos 22:27,28; 24:27;
called. 26:33;
Beer-sheba. i.e., The well of the oath, or the well of the seven: alluding to the seven ewe lambs. The verb rendered "to swear" is derived from the word translated seven. ver. 14; 26:23; Jos 15:28; Jud 20:1; 2Sa 17:11; 1Ki 4:25; ver. 27; 14:13; 31:53; 1Sa 18:3;
the Philistines. 10:14; 26:8,14; Ex 13:17; Jud 13:1;
grove. or, tree. Am 8:14; The original word {eshel,} has been variously translated a grove, a plantation, an orchard, a cultivated field, and an oak; but it may denote a kind of tamarisk, as it is rendered by Gesenius, the same with the Arabic {athl.}
Beer-sheba. De 16:21; Jud 3:7;
called. 4:26; 12:8; 26:23,25,33;
on the name. Dr. Shuckford justly contends, that the expression rendered, "he called on the name," signifies "he invoked in the name."
everlasting. De 33:27; Ps 90:2; Isa 40:28; 57:15; Jer 10:10; Ro 1:20; 16:26; 1Ti 1:17;
20:1; 1Ch 29:15; Ps 39:12; Heb 11:9,13; 1Pe 2:11;