Quotes about Promise
She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
— Genesis 21:7
Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.
— Genesis 21:11
But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.
— Genesis 21:12
But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”
— Genesis 21:13
Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.
— Genesis 21:17
Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
— Genesis 21:18
And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.
— Genesis 21:20
At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.
— Genesis 21:22
Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you.”
— Genesis 21:23
And Abraham replied, “I swear it.”
— Genesis 21:24
He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
— Genesis 21:30
After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.
— Genesis 21:32