KJV King James Version
And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the [same] day that Isaac was weaned.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 21:8
And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the [same] day that Isaac was weaned.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.
WEB World English Bible
The child grew, and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
ASV American Standard Version
And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the lad groweth, and is weaned, and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac’s being weaned;
Surrounding context — Genesis 21
5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, [so that] all that hear will laugh with me.
7 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.
8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the [same] day that Isaac was weaned.
9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
10 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.
11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּגְדַּ֥לH1431 · ga.dalto magnifyהַיֶּ֖לֶדH3206 · ye.ledyouthוַיִּגָּמַ֑לH1580 · ga.malto weanוַיַּ֤עַשׂH6213 · a.sahto make: doאַבְרָהָם֙H85 · av.ra.hamAbrahamמִשְׁתֶּ֣הH4960 · mish.tehfeastגָד֔וֹלH1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeבְּי֖וֹםH3117 · yomdayהִגָּמֵ֥לH1580 · ga.malto weanאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יִצְחָֽק׃H3327 · yits.chaqIsaac
Cross-references
1 Samuel 1:22But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, [I will not go up] until the child be weaned, and [then] I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.Hosea 1:8Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.2 Samuel 3:20So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that [were] with him a feast.Genesis 40:20And it came to pass the third day, [which was] Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.1 Kings 3:15And Solomon awoke; and, behold, [it was] a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.Genesis 26:30And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.Psalm 131:2Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul [is] even as a weaned child.Genesis 19:3And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.Genesis 29:22And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.Judges 14:12And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find [it] out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:Judges 14:10So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.Esther 1:3In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, [being] before him:1 Samuel 25:36And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart [was] merry within him, for he [was] very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
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