And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
Parallel translations
- WEB The child grew, and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
- BSB So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.
- ESV And the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
- NKJV So the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the same day that Isaac was weaned.
- NASB And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
- NLT When Isaac grew up and was about to be weaned, Abraham prepared a huge feast to celebrate the occasion.
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Quick answer
Isaac grows and is weaned, and Abraham holds a great feast to celebrate. The household rejoices at the milestone of the promised child.
Overview
Weaning, occurring at a few years of age in that culture, marked a significant point of survival and growth, worthy of celebration. Abraham's lavish feast expresses gratitude for God's faithfulness in preserving the child of promise. The joyful gathering, however, becomes the setting for the conflict that follows, as Ishmael's mocking provokes a decisive separation.
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- 1 Sam 1:22But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.
- Hos 1:8Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.
- 1 Kgs 3:15And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
- Gen 26:30And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
- Ps 131:2Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
- 2 Sam 3:20So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.
- Gen 29:22And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
- Gen 19:3And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
- Gen 40:20And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
- 1 Sam 25:36And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
- Judg 14:12And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
- Judg 14:10So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
- Esth 1:3In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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