11The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son.


In Context

8 The child grew, and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

9 Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.

10 Therefore she said to Abraham, |Cast out this handmaid and her son! For the son of this handmaid will not be heir with my son, Isaac.|

11 The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son.

12 God said to Abraham, |Don't let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your handmaid. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For from Isaac will your seed be called.

13 I will also make a nation of the son of the handmaid, because he is your seed.|

Genesis 21:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:11And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:11The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:11Abraham took this grievously for his son.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:11And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:11And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:11And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:11And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight, because of his son.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:11And the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son's sake;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:11And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.