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The Birth of Isaac

Genesis 21:1

In 11 translations

BSB
Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
KJV
And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
WEB
Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh 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.
LSV
And YHWH has looked after Sarah as He has said, and YHWH does to Sarah as He has spoken;
YLT
And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken;
DBY
And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did to Sarah as he had spoken.
DRC
And the Lord visited Sara, as he had promised: and fulfilled what he had spoken.
GNV
Nowe the Lord visited Sarah, as he had saide, and did vnto her according as he had promised.
JPS
And the LORD remembered Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as He had spoken.
LXXE
And the Lord visited Sarrha, as he said, and the Lord did to Sarrha, as he spoke.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַֽיהוָ֛ה פָּקַ֥ד אֶת־שָׂרָ֖ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמָ֑ר וַיַּ֧עַשׂ יְהוָ֛ה לְשָׂרָ֖ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֵּֽר׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ Κύριος ἐπεσκέψατο τὴν Σάῤῥαν, καθὰ εἶπε· καὶ ἐποίησε Κύριος τῇ Σάῥῥᾳ, καθὰ ἐλάλησε.

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  • Psalms 12:6The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.
  • Genesis 18:10Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.
  • Genesis 18:14Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
  • Galatians 4:23His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.
  • Genesis 17:19But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
  • 1 Samuel 2:21So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
  • Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
  • Titus 1:2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
  • Ruth 1:6When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab.
  • Romans 4:17–20As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist. Against all…
  • Galatians 4:28Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
  • Genesis 50:24Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
  • Genesis 17:16And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”
  • Genesis 17:21But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”
  • Exodus 4:31and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
  • Psalms 106:4Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,

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