Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Genesis 16:1 Cross-References
Explore 11 cross-references for Genesis 16:1 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Genesis chapter 16 verse 1 to related passages throughout the Bible.
Hagar and Ishmael
“Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.”
Genesis 16:1 (KJV)
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Commentary on Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Ha... This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise fulfillment.Central themes include God's unconditional covenant promises (land, descendants, blessing to nations), the call to faith and obedience, the testing of faith through delays and impossibilities, the contras...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Genesis 16:1
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“for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai”
“oxen”
“Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”
“whom she had borne to Abraham”
“But Sarai was barren; she had no child.”
“Elizabeth”
“because Elizabeth was barren”
“of the family of the Danites”
“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.,And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.,וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֶל־אַבְרָהָם אַל־יֵרַע בְּעֵינֶיךָ עַל־הַנַּעַר וְעַל־אֲמָתֶךָ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר תֹּאמַר אֵלֶיךָ שָׂרָה שְׁמַע בְּקֹלָהּ כִּי בְיִצְחָק יִקָּרֵא לְךָ זָרַע׃ ,And God said unto Abraham: Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad”
“And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.”