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Genesis 21:13
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KJ21
And also of the son of the bondwoman 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.
AMP
And I will also make a nation of [Ishmael] the son of the maid, because he is your descendant.”
AMPC
And I will make a nation of the son of the bondwoman also, because he is your offspring.
BRG
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
CSB
and I will also make a nation of the slave’s son because he is your offspring.”
CSBA
and I will also make a nation of the slave’s son because he is your offspring.’
CEB
But I will make of your servant’s son a great nation too, because he is also your descendant.”
CJB
But I will also make a nation from the son of the slave-girl, since he is descended from you.”
CEV
but the son of the slave woman is also your son, and I will make his descendants into a great nation.”
DARBY
But also the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
DRA
But I will make the son also of the bondwoman a great nation, because he is thy seed.
ERV
But I will also bless the son of your slave woman. He is your son, so I will make a great nation from his family also.”
EASY
But, because Ishmael is also your son, I will make his descendants become a great nation of people too.’
EHV
I will also make the son of the maid into a nation because he too is your offspring.”
ESV
And I will make a nation of the son of the slave woman also, because he is your offspring.”
ESVUK
And I will make a nation of the son of the slave woman also, because he is your offspring.”
EXB
I will also make the ·descendants of Ishmael [L the son of your slave woman] into a great nation because he is your ·son [L seed], too.”
GNV
As for the son of the bondwoman, I will make him a nation also, because he is thy seed.
GW
Besides, I will make the slave’s son into a nation also, because he is your child.”
GNT
I will also give many children to the son of the slave woman, so that they will become a nation. He too is your son.”
HCSB
But I will also make a nation of the slave’s son because he is your offspring.”
ICB
I will also make the descendants of Ishmael into a great nation. I will do this because he is your son, too.”
ISV
Nevertheless, I will make the slave girl’s son into a nation, since he, too, is your offspring.”
JUB
And also of the son of the bondwoman I will make a nation because he is thy seed.
KJV
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
AKJV
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
LSB
And of the son of the maidservant I will make a nation also, because he is your seed.”
LEB
And I will also make the son of the slave woman into a nation, for he is your offspring.”
TLB
And I will make a nation of the descendants of the slave girl’s son, too, because he also is yours.”
MSG
The matter gave great pain to Abraham—after all, Ishmael was his son. But God spoke to Abraham, “Don’t feel badly about the boy and your maid. Do whatever Sarah tells you. Your descendants will come through Isaac. Regarding your maid’s son, be assured that I’ll also develop a great nation from him—he’s your son, too.”
MEV
Yet I will also make a nation of the son of the slave woman, because he is your offspring.”
NOG
Besides, I will make the slave’s son into a nation also, because he is your child.”
NABRE
As for the son of the slave woman, I will make a nation of him also, since he too is your offspring.
NASB
And of the son of the slave woman I will make a nation also, because he is your descendant.”
NASB1995
And of the son of the maid I will make a nation also, because he is your descendant.”
NCB
But I will also make the son of the slave woman become a great nation, for he is your son.”
NCV
I will also make the descendants of Ishmael into a great nation because he is your son, too.”
NET
But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too.”
NIRV
I will also make the son of your slave into a nation. I will do it because he is your child.”
NIV
I will make the son of the slave into a nation also, because he is your offspring.”
NIVUK
I will make the son of the slave into a nation also, because he is your offspring.’
NKJV
Yet I will also make a nation of the son of the bondwoman, because he is your seed.”
NLV
But I will also make a nation of the son of the woman who serves you, because he is your son.”
NLT
But I will also make a nation of the descendants of Hagar’s son because he is your son, too.”
NRSVA
As for the son of the slave woman, I will make a nation of him also, because he is your offspring.’
NRSVACE
As for the son of the slave woman, I will make a nation of him also, because he is your offspring.’
NRSVCE
As for the son of the slave woman, I will make a nation of him also, because he is your offspring.”
NRSVUE
As for the son of the slave woman, I will make a nation of him also, because he is your offspring.”
OJB
And also of the ben haamah will I make a nation, because he is thy zera.
RGT
As for the son of the bondwoman, I will make him a nation also; because he is your seed.
RSV
And I will make a nation of the son of the slave woman also, because he is your offspring.”
RSVCE
And I will make a nation of the son of the slave woman also, because he is your offspring.”
TLV
Yet I will also make the son of the slave woman into a nation, because he is your seed.”
VOICE
As for the son of the slave woman, I will take care of him. I will raise up a nation through him as well because he is also your son.
WEB
I will also make a nation of the son of the servant, because he is your child.”
WYC
but also I shall make the son of the handmaid into a great folk, for he is thy seed. (but I shall also make the son of the slave-girl into a great nation, for he is also thy descendant.)
YLT
As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he [is] thy seed.'
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