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And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/21.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the <i>same</i> day that Isaac was weaned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/21.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the same day that Isaac was weaned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The child [Isaac] grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The time came when Sarah no longer had to nurse Isaac, and on that day Abraham gave a big feast. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The child grew and was weaned. On the day Isaac was weaned, Abraham held a big feast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The child grew, and on the day that he was weaned, Abraham gave a great feast. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The child grew and eventually was weaned, so Abraham threw a tremendous banquet on the very day Isaac was weaned. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The child grew and was weaned. Abraham prepared a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The child grew, and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the day that Isaac was weaned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The child grew and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the boy grows, and is weaned, and Abraham makes a great banquet in the day of Isaac’s being weaned;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the lad groweth, and is weaned, and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac's being weaned;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the child will become great, and shall be weaned; and Abraham will make a great drinking in the day of weaning Isaak.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the child grew and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast on the day of his weaning. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the boy grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day of his weaning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great banquet on the day of the child’s weaning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the child grew and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the boy grew and was weaned and Abraham made a great feast in the day that Isaaq was weaned.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraam made a great feast the day that his son Isaac was weaned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/21-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=4587" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/21.htm">The Birth of Isaac</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.” <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3206.htm" title="3206: hay·ye·leḏ (Art:: N-ms) -- Child, son, boy, youth. From yalad; something born, i.e. A lad or offspring.">So the child</a> <a href="/hebrew/1431.htm" title="1431: way·yiḡ·dal (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To grow up, become great. A primitive root; properly, to twist, i.e. To be large.">grew</a> <a href="/hebrew/1580.htm" title="1580: way·yig·gā·mal (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to treat a person, i.e. Benefit or requite; by implication, to ripen, i.e. to wean.">and was weaned,</a> <a href="/hebrew/85.htm" title="85: ’aḇ·rā·hām (N-proper-ms) -- Contracted from 'ab and an unused root; father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram.">and Abraham</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: way·ya·‘aś (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">held</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: ḡā·ḏō·wl (Adj-ms) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">a great</a> <a href="/hebrew/4960.htm" title="4960: miš·teh (N-ms) -- A feast, drink. From shathah; drink, by implication, drinking; also a banquet or feast.">feast</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bə·yō·wm (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">on the day</a> <a href="/hebrew/3327.htm" title="3327: yiṣ·ḥāq (N-proper-ms) -- He laughs, son of Abraham and Sarah. From tsachaq; laughter; Jitschak, son of Abraham.">Isaac</a> <a href="/hebrew/1580.htm" title="1580: hig·gā·mêl (V-Nifal-Inf) -- A primitive root; to treat a person, i.e. Benefit or requite; by implication, to ripen, i.e. to wean.">was weaned.</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-28.htm">Galatians 4:28-31</a></span><br />Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. / At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now. / But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-11.htm">Hebrews 11:11-12</a></span><br />By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised. / And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-7.htm">Romans 9:7-9</a></span><br />Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.” / So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring. / For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-22.htm">Galatians 4:22-23</a></span><br />For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. / His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/17-19.htm">Genesis 17:19</a></span><br />But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/18-10.htm">Genesis 18:10-14</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent. / And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing. / So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/15-4.htm">Genesis 15:4-5</a></span><br />Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.” / And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/22-2.htm">Genesis 22:2</a></span><br />“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/25-1.htm">Genesis 25:1-2</a></span><br />Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah, / and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/30-1.htm">Genesis 30:1-2</a></span><br />When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob. / Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/16-15.htm">Genesis 16:15-16</a></span><br />And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne. / Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-36.htm">Genesis 24:36</a></span><br />My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/26-3.htm">Genesis 26:3-5</a></span><br />Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. / I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, / because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/28-14.htm">Genesis 28:14</a></span><br />Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/35-12.htm">Genesis 35:12</a></span><br />The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/1-22.htm">1 Samuel 1:22</a></b></br> But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, <i>I will not go up</i> until the child be weaned, and <i>then</i> I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/131-2.htm">Psalm 131:2</a></b></br> Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul <i>is</i> even as a weaned child.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/1-8.htm">Hosea 1:8</a></b></br> Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.</p><p class="hdg">feast.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/19-3.htm">Genesis 19:3</a></b></br> And 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/26-30.htm">Genesis 26:30</a></b></br> And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/29-22.htm">Genesis 29:22</a></b></br> And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/21-7.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/john/2-9.htm">Banquet</a> <a href="/genesis/21-7.htm">Breast</a> <a href="/genesis/21-7.htm">Child</a> <a href="/genesis/19-20.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/genesis/19-3.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/genesis/20-9.htm">Great</a> <a href="/genesis/19-25.htm">Grew</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-13.htm">Groweth</a> <a href="/revelation/17-4.htm">Held</a> <a href="/genesis/21-5.htm">Isaac</a> <a href="/genesis/27-5.htm">Isaac's</a> <a href="/luke/7-7.htm">Lad</a> <a href="/genesis/1-25.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/hosea/1-8.htm">Weaned</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/21-9.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/genesis/26-30.htm">Banquet</a> <a href="/genesis/49-25.htm">Breast</a> <a href="/genesis/21-14.htm">Child</a> <a href="/genesis/24-19.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/genesis/26-30.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/genesis/21-11.htm">Great</a> <a href="/genesis/21-20.htm">Grew</a> <a href="/genesis/21-20.htm">Groweth</a> <a href="/genesis/24-21.htm">Held</a> <a href="/genesis/21-9.htm">Isaac</a> <a href="/genesis/25-28.htm">Isaac's</a> <a href="/genesis/21-12.htm">Lad</a> <a href="/genesis/25-21.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-22.htm">Weaned</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 21</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/21-1.htm">Isaac is born, and circumcised.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/21-6.htm">Sarah's joy.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/21-8.htm">Isaac is weaned.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/21-9.htm">Hagar and Ishmael sent away.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/21-15.htm">Hagar in distress.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/21-17.htm">The angel relieves and comforts her.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/21-23.htm">Abimelech's covenant with Abraham at Beersheba.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This milestone marked a significant transition from infancy to early childhood. The growth of Isaac is a fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham and Sarah, emphasizing the faithfulness of God in His covenant. The weaning of Isaac signifies a new stage in his life, paralleling the spiritual growth expected of believers as they mature in faith. This event also foreshadows the growth and development of the nation of Israel, which would come from Isaac's lineage.<p><b>and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned</b><br>Feasts were common in biblical times to celebrate significant life events. Abraham's feast for Isaac's weaning underscores the joy and gratitude for God's provision and the fulfillment of His promise. This celebration can be seen as a type of the future Messianic banquet, where believers will celebrate with Christ. The feast also highlights the importance of community and family in the biblical narrative, as such events would have involved extended family and servants. This occasion contrasts with the tension that arises with Ishmael, Abraham's son by Hagar, pointing to the complex family dynamics and the unfolding of God's plan through Isaac.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaac.htm">Isaac</a></b><br>The long-awaited son of Abraham and Sarah, whose birth was a fulfillment of God's promise. His name means "laughter," reflecting the joy and surprise of his parents at his birth.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/abraham.htm">Abraham</a></b><br>The patriarch of the Israelites, chosen by God to be the father of many nations. He is a central figure in Genesis, known for his faith and obedience to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/sarah.htm">Sarah</a></b><br>Abraham's wife and Isaac's mother, who bore Isaac in her old age as a testament to God's miraculous power and faithfulness.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/w/weaning_ceremony.htm">Weaning Ceremony</a></b><br>A significant cultural event marking a child's transition from infancy to early childhood. In ancient times, this was often celebrated with a feast, as it signified the child's survival past the vulnerable early years.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/f/feast.htm">Feast</a></b><br>A celebratory meal hosted by Abraham to honor Isaac's weaning, symbolizing joy, community, and the fulfillment of God's promise.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/celebrating_milestones.htm">Celebrating Milestones</a></b><br>Just as Abraham celebrated Isaac's weaning, we should recognize and celebrate the milestones in our lives and the lives of others, acknowledging God's faithfulness and provision.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_promises.htm">Faith in God's Promises</a></b><br>Isaac's birth and subsequent weaning remind us of the importance of trusting in God's promises, even when they seem delayed or impossible.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_fellowship.htm">Community and Fellowship</a></b><br>The feast held by Abraham underscores the value of community and fellowship in celebrating God's blessings and sharing joy with others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/parental_responsibility.htm">Parental Responsibility</a></b><br>The weaning of Isaac signifies a new phase in parenting, reminding us of the responsibility to nurture and guide children in their growth and development.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_weaning.htm">Symbolism of Weaning</a></b><br>Spiritually, weaning can symbolize moving from dependence on basic teachings to deeper spiritual maturity, as encouraged in <a href="/bsb/hebrews/5.htm">Hebrews 5</a>.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 21</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_isaac's_life_in_the_bible.htm">What key events define Isaac's life in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_psalm_131_2_align_with_era_norms.htm">If Psalm 131:2 likens the speaker to a weaned child, how does this fit with cultural norms of the era, and is there any external evidence to confirm these practices? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_abraham_and_ishmael's_story.htm">What is the story of Abraham and Ishmael?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_child_weaning.htm">What does the Bible say about weaning a child?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">The child grew, and was weaned.</span>--According to tradition, Isaac was two years old when weaned. Three years is the age mentioned in <a href="/2_chronicles/31-16.htm" title="Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even to every one that enters into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;">2Chronicles 31:16</a>, <a href="//apocrypha.org/2_maccabees/7-27.htm" title="But she bowing herself toward him, laughing the cruel tyrant to scorn, spake in her country language on this manner; O my son, have pity upon me that bare thee nine months in my womb, and gave thee such three years, and nourished thee, and brought thee up unto this age, and endured the troubles of education.">2 Maccabees 7:27</a>; and Samuel was old enough at his weaning to be left at the tabernacle with Eli (<a href="/1_samuel/1-24.htm" title="And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him to the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.">1Samuel 1:24</a>). In Persia and India it is still the custom to celebrate the weaning of a child by an entertainment.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And the child grew</span>, - <span class="greek">καὶ ἠυξήθη</span> <span class="greek">τὸ παιδίον</span> (LXX.): imitated by Luke concerning Christ: <span class="greek">τὸ παιδίον ηὔξανε</span> (<a href="/luke/2-40.htm">Luke 2:40</a>) - <span class="cmt_word">and was weaned</span>. The verb <span class="accented">gamal</span> originally signifies to do good to any one, to do completely; hence to finish, or make completely ready, as an infant; hence to wean, since either at that time the period of infancy is regarded as complete, or the child s independent existence is then fully reached. The time of weaning is commonly believed to have been at the end of the second or third year (cf. <a href="/1_samuel/1-22.htm">1 Samuel 1:22-24</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/31-16.htm">2 Chronicles 31:16</a>; 2 Macc. 7:27; Josephus, 'Ant.,' 2:09, 6). <span class="cmt_word">And Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.</span> Literally, <span class="accented">in the day of the weaning of Isaac</span>; probably, therefore, when Isaac was three years old and Ishmael seventeen. "It is still customary in the East to have a festive gathering at the time a child is weaned. Among the Hindoos, when the time for weaning has come, the event is accompanied with feasting and religious ceremonies, during which rice is formally presented to the child" ('Bible Manners and Customs,' by Rev. J. A. Freeman, M.A., ' Homiletical Quarterly,' vol. 1. p. 78; cf. Roberts' 'Oriental Illustrations,' p. 24). <p> CHAPTER 21:9-14 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/21-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So the child</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיֶּ֖לֶד</span> <span class="translit">(hay·ye·leḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3206.htm">Strong's 3206: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something born, a lad, offspring</span><br /><br /><span class="word">grew</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּגְדַּ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiḡ·dal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1431.htm">Strong's 1431: </a> </span><span class="str2">To grow up, become great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and was weaned,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּגָּמַ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(way·yig·gā·mal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1580.htm">Strong's 1580: </a> </span><span class="str2">To deal fully or adequately with, deal out to, wean, ripen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Abraham</span><br /><span class="heb">אַבְרָהָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(’aḇ·rā·hām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_85.htm">Strong's 85: </a> </span><span class="str2">Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">held</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּ֤עַשׂ</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘aś)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a great</span><br /><span class="heb">גָד֔וֹל</span> <span class="translit">(ḡā·ḏō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> </span><span class="str2">Great, older, insolent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">feast</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְׁתֶּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(miš·teh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4960.htm">Strong's 4960: </a> </span><span class="str2">Drink, drinking, a banquet, feast</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the day</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּי֖וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Isaac</span><br /><span class="heb">יִצְחָֽק׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiṣ·ḥāq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3327.htm">Strong's 3327: </a> </span><span class="str2">Isaac -- 'he laughs', son of Abraham and Sarah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was weaned.</span><br /><span class="heb">הִגָּמֵ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(hig·gā·mêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1580.htm">Strong's 1580: </a> </span><span class="str2">To deal fully or adequately with, deal out to, wean, ripen</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/21-8.htm">Genesis 21:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/21-8.htm">Genesis 21:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/21-8.htm">Genesis 21:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/21-8.htm">Genesis 21:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/21-8.htm">Genesis 21:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/21-8.htm">Genesis 21:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/21-8.htm">Genesis 21:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/21-8.htm">Genesis 21:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/21-8.htm">Genesis 21:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/21-8.htm">Genesis 21:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/21-8.htm">OT Law: Genesis 21:8 The child grew and was weaned (Gen. 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