Genesis 21:1
And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
KJV
Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken.
And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had spoken.
What does Genesis 21:1 mean?
Genesis 21:1 is a verse in the book of Genesis, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), פָּקַד (pâqad), שָׂרָה (Sârâh). It connects to 17 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
Genesis 18:10And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
Genesis 18:14Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
Genesis 50:24And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Exodus 3:16Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
Exodus 4:31And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
Exodus 20:5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Ruth 1:6Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.
1 Samuel 2:21And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
Psalms 12:6The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Luke 1:68Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
Luke 19:44And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Romans 4:17(As it is written I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. before him: or, like unto him
Galatians 4:23But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
Galatians 4:28Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
Titus 1:2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; In: or, For
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For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Isaiah 38:7And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;
Isaiah 29:16Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
Isaiah 33:10Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
Isaiah 36:10And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
Isaiah 36:11Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
Isaiah 36:15Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Isaiah 36:16Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern; Make: or, Seek my favour by a present: Heb. Make with me a blessing
Frequently asked questions
What does Genesis 21:1 say?
Genesis 21:1 (King James Version) reads: "And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken."
Is Genesis 21:1 in the Old or New Testament?
Genesis 21:1 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Genesis.
Who wrote the book of Genesis?
The book of Genesis is traditionally attributed to Moses.
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