Chuàngshìjì 21:13

13 Zhìyú shǐnǚ de érzi , wǒ yĕ bì shǐ tāde hòuyì chéng lì yī guó , yīnwei tā shì nǐ suǒ shēng de .

Chuàngshìjì 21:13 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 21:13

And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation,
&c.] A great nation, as is promised, ( Genesis 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" ^F25, 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 ( Genesis 4:25 ) ( Galatians 3:16 ) .

---

FOOTNOTES:

F25 <arabic> "furatus fuit, furto abstulit", Golius, col. 1167. Castel. col. 2626.

Chuàngshìjì 21:13 In-Context

11 Yàbólāhǎn yīn tā érzi de yuángù hĕn yōuchóu .

12 Shén duì Yàbólāhǎn shuō , nǐ bú bì wéi zhè tóngzǐ hé nǐde shǐnǚ yōuchóu . fán Sǎlā duì nǐ shuō de huà , nǐ dōu gāi tīng cóng . yīnwei cóng Yǐsā shēng de , cái yào chēngwèi nǐde hòuyì .

13 Zhìyú shǐnǚ de érzi , wǒ yĕ bì shǐ tāde hòuyì chéng lì yī guó , yīnwei tā shì nǐ suǒ shēng de .

14 Yàbólāhǎn qīngzǎo qǐlai , ná bǐng hé yī pídaì shuǐ , gĕi le Xiàjiǎ , dā zaì tāde jiān shàng , yòu bǎ háizi jiāo gĕi tā dǎfa tā zǒu . Xiàjiǎ jiù zǒu le , zaì Bièshìbā de kuàngyĕ zǒu mí le lù .

15 Pídaì de shuǐ yòng jìn le , Xiàjiǎ jiù bǎ háizi piĕ zaì xiǎo shù dǐ xià ,