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Genesis 21:6-19 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

6. And Sarah said, “Elohim has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of it laughs with me.”

7. And she said, “Who would have said to Aḇraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.”

8. And the child grew and was weaned, and Aḇraham made a great feast on the day that Yitsḥaq was weaned.

9. And Sarah saw the son of Hag̅ar the Mitsrite, whom she had borne to Aḇraham, mocking.

10. So she said to Aḇraham, “Drive out this female servant and her son, for the son of this female servant shall not inherit with my son, with Yitsḥaq.”

11. And the matter was very evil in the eyes of Aḇraham because of his son.

12. But Elohim said to Aḇraham, “Let it not be evil in your eyes because of the boy and because of your female servant. Whatever Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice, for in Yitsḥaq your seed is called.

13. “And of the son of the female servant I also make a nation, because he is your seed.”

14. And Aḇraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water, which he gave to Hag̅ar, putting it on her shoulder, also the boy, and sent her away. And she left and wandered in the Wilderness of Be’ĕrsheḇa.

15. And the water in the skin was used up, and she placed the boy under one of the shrubs.

16. And she went and sat down about a bowshot away, for she said, “Let me not see the death of the boy.” And she sat opposite him, and lifted her voice and wept.

17. And Elohim heard the voice of the boy, and the messenger of Elohim called to Hag̅ar from the heavens, and said to her, “What is the matter with you, Hag̅ar? Do not fear, for Elohim has heard the voice of the boy where he is.

18. “Arise, lift up the boy and hold him with your hand, for I make a great nation of him.”

19. And Elohim opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water, and gave the boy a drink.

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