The Meaning of Genesis 21:13 Explained

Genesis 21:13

KJV: And also of the son of the bondwoman 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.'

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Genesis 21:13 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 21:8-21 - Hagar And Ishmael Cast Out
Poor Hagar! She thought that she had given Abraham his heir, but now she found herself and her boy outcasts on the desert waste. The water was soon spent, she little dreamed that a fountain was so near. Cry to God, He will open fountains in the middle of your deserts. Beneath their sad lot a divine purpose was running. God said, "Let it not be grievous in thy sight." This is the teaching of Scripture: that our lives are being ordered and our steps prepared. All we need to be anxious about is the finding of the path. Let us ask God to open our eyes to see the fountains beside us, and the way before us. And after all, was not the wilderness a better training-ground for the lad than the comparative luxury of Abraham's tent? "He became an archer." Isaac would have been the better for a touch of the desert-life. The Holy Spirit, through Paul, gives the inner significance of this incident in Galatians 5:1. See also John 8:36. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 21

1  Isaac is born, and circumcised
6  Sarah's joy
8  Isaac is weaned
9  Hagar and Ishmael sent away
15  Hagar in distress
17  The angel relieves and comforts her
23  Abimelech's covenant with Abraham at Beersheba

What do the individual words in Genesis 21:13 mean?

And yet - of the son of the bondwoman a nation I will make because your seed he [is]
וְגַ֥ם אֶת־ בֶּן־ הָאָמָ֖ה לְג֣וֹי אֲשִׂימֶ֑נּוּ כִּ֥י זַרְעֲךָ֖ הֽוּא

וְגַ֥ם  And  yet 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
בֶּן־  of  the  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
הָאָמָ֖ה  of  the  bondwoman 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אָמָה  
Sense: maid-servant, female slave, maid, handmaid, concubine.
לְג֣וֹי  a  nation 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֹּוי 
Sense: nation, people.
אֲשִׂימֶ֑נּוּ  I  will  make 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular, third person masculine singular
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
כִּ֥י  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
זַרְעֲךָ֖  your  seed 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: זֶרַע  
Sense: seed, sowing, offspring.
הֽוּא  he  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.

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