Genesis 21:10

21:10 So she said to Abraham, “Banish that slave woman and her son, for the son of that slave woman will not be an heir along with my son Isaac!”

Ezekiel 46:17

46:17 But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will be his until the year of liberty; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance will only remain with his sons.

Matthew 21:41-43

21:41 They said to him, “He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest.”

21:42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures:

The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

21:43 For this reason I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

Galatians 4:30-31

4:30 But what does the scripture say? “Throw out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman will not share the inheritance with the son of the free woman. 4:31 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman but of the free woman.


tn Heb “drive out.” The language may seem severe, but Sarah’s maternal instincts sensed a real danger in that Ishmael was not treating Isaac with the proper respect.

sn That is, the year of Jubilee (Lev 25:8-15).

tn Or “capstone,” “keystone.” Although these meanings are lexically possible, the imagery in Eph 2:20-22 and 1 Cor 3:11 indicates that the term κεφαλὴ γωνίας (kefalh gwnia") refers to a cornerstone, not a capstone.

sn A quotation from Ps 118:22-23.

tn Or “to a nation” (so KJV, NASB, NLT).

sn A quotation from Gen 21:10. The phrase of the free woman does not occur in Gen 21:10.

tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:11.