And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he [is] thy seed.
13. a nation ] Cf. Gen 16:10, Gen 17:20. The LXX and the Sam. read “a great nation.”
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
13. also of the son of the bondwomanwill I make a nationThus Providence overruled a family brawlto give rise to two great and extraordinary peoples.
Ge21:14-21. EXPULSION OFISHMAEL.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation,…. A great nation, as is promised, Ge 17:20; and such the Ishmaelites and Saracens have been, and the Turks now are, the descendants of Ishmael. The Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it, a people of thieves, or a thieving people; as were the Saracens, and who are thought to have that name from the Arabic word “sarac” y, to thieve; though they would have it derived from Sarah: but it is not agreeable to the promise of God to Abraham, that when for his comfort he is told that his son Ishmael and his descendants should become a great nation, that they should be described as a company of thieves and robbers; and especially when the reason of the promise is given,
because he [is] thy seed; or thy son; here the word “seed” is again used of a single individual; see Ge 4:25.
y “furatus fuit, furto abstulit”, Golius, col. 1167. Castel. col. 2626.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(13) The son of the bondwoman.Heb., of the handmaid. Hagar is never acknowledged as Abrahams wife, though her child, as Abrahams son, receives a noble promise for the fathers sake.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Gen 21:13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he [is] thy seed.
Ver. 13. Because he is thy seed. ] So bountiful a Master is God, so liberal a Lord, that he blesseth his servants in their seed too. We count it a great favour if an earthly lord give an old servant a country cottage, with some small annuity for life; but God’s love extends beyond life; as David’s love to Jonathan preserves Mephibosheth from the gallows, yea, promoteth him to a princely allowance, and respect at court. Your children shall find and feel it, double and treble, said that martyr, whatsoever you do or suffer for the Lord’s sake. a
a Act. and Mon., fol. 1481.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Gen 21:18, Gen 16:10, Gen 17:20, Gen 25:12-18
Reciprocal: Gen 13:16 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Gen 21:13. The casting out of Ishmael was not his ruin. He shall be a nation because he is thy seed We are not sure that it was his eternal ruin. It is presumption to say, that all those who are left out of the external dispensation of Gods covenant are excluded from his spiritual mercies. Those may be saved who are not thus honoured.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
21:13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make {e} a nation, because he [is] thy seed.
(e) The Ishmaelites will come from him.