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Genesis 21:1

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AND the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
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  1. Psalms 12:6Rank 1 from verse 1
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    6The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

  2. Genesis 18:10Rank 2 from verse 1
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    10And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

  3. Genesis 18:14Rank 3 from verse 1
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    14Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

  4. Galatians 4:23Rank 4 from verse 1
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    23But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.

  5. Genesis 17:19Rank 5 from verse 1
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    19And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

  6. 1 Samuel 2:21Rank 6 from verse 1
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    21And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord.

  7. Matthew 24:35Rank 7 from verse 1
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    35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

  8. Titus 1:2Rank 8 from verse 1
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    2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

  9. Ruth 1:6Rank 9 from verse 1
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    6¶ Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread.

  10. Galatians 4:28Rank 10 from verse 1
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    28Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

  11. Romans 4:17–20Rank 11 from verse 1
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    17(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

    18Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

    19And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:

    20He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

  12. Exodus 4:31Rank 12 from verse 1
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    31And the people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

  13. Genesis 17:16Rank 13 from verse 1
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    16And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

  14. Genesis 17:21Rank 14 from verse 1
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    21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

  15. Genesis 50:24Rank 15 from verse 1
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    24And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

  16. Luke 1:68Rank 16 from verse 1
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    68Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,

  17. Psalms 106:4Rank 17 from verse 1
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    4Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;

  18. Exodus 20:5Rank 18 from verse 1
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    5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

  19. Exodus 3:16Rank 19 from verse 1
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    16Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:

  20. Luke 19:44Rank 20 from verse 1
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    44And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

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Genesis 21:1

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visited

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of visit. Sense 1: To go or come to see, attend, or inspect. Sense 2: To help or show mercy. Sense 3: To call to account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

spoken

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1. Uttered, said, declared, addressed, or communicated in words. 2. In 'spoken of,' mentioned, described, or referred to. 3. In 'spoken for,' addressed by request or commendation on another's behalf; in a marriage setting, sought as a spouse. 4. In 'spoken against' or 'evil spoken of,' opposed, contradicted, denounced, or reviled.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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21:1AND the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

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21:2For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

21:3And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

21:4And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

21:5And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

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