Genesis Chapter 21 verse 8 Holy Bible

ASV Genesis 21:8

And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
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BBE Genesis 21:8

And when the child was old enough to be taken from the breast, Abraham made a great feast.
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DARBY Genesis 21:8

And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
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KJV Genesis 21:8

And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
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WBT Genesis 21:8

And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the day that Isaac was weaned.
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WEB Genesis 21:8

The child grew, and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
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YLT Genesis 21:8

And the lad groweth, and is weaned, and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac's being weaned;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - And the child grew, - καὶ ἠυξήθη τὸ παιδίον (LXX.): imitated by Luke concerning Christ: τὸ παιδίον ηὔξανε (Luke 2:40) - and was weaned. The verb gamal 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. 1 Samuel 1:22-24; 2 Chronicles 31:16; 2 Macc. 7:27; Josephus, 'Ant.,' 2:09, 6). And Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. Literally, in the day of the weaning of Isaac; 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). CHAPTER 21:9-14

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) The child grew, and was weaned.--According to tradition, Isaac was two years old when weaned. Three years is the age mentioned in 2Chronicles 31:16, 2 Maccabees 7:27; and Samuel was old enough at his weaning to be left at the tabernacle with Eli (1Samuel 1:24). In Persia and India it is still the custom to celebrate the weaning of a child by an entertainment.