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Genesis 21:1

Genesis 21:1

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

And the Lord—Jehovah; not because the verse is Jehovistic (Knobel, Bleek, et alii), but because the promise naturally falls to be implemented by him who gave it (vide )—visited—remembered with love (Onkelos), ἐπισκέψατο (LXX.

; cf. ; ; 1 Samuel 2:21; ); though it sometimes means to approach in judgment (vide ; ). Alleged to be peculiar to the Jehovist (the term used by the Elohist being זָכַר: ; ; ), the word occurs in , which Tuch and Bleek ascribe to the Elohist—Sarah as he had said (; , ),—God's word of promise being ever the rule of his performance (cf.

; )—and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken—i.e. implemented his promise; the proof of which is next given (cf. ; ).

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