Genesis 21
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Genesis 21:9-16

9Now Sarah saw 1the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, 23mocking. 10Therefore she said to Abraham, “4Drive out this maid and her son, for the son of this maid shall not be an heir with my son 5Isaac.” 116The matter 7distressed Abraham greatly because of his son. 12But God said to Abraham, “8Do not be distressed because of the lad and your maid; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her, for 9through Isaac 10your descendants shall be named. 13And of 11the son of the maid I will make a nation also, because he is your 12descendant.” 14So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a 13skin of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and gave her the boy, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.

15When the water in the skin was used up, she 14left the boy under one of the bushes. 16Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away, for she said, “Do not let me 15see the boy die.” And she sat opposite him, and 16lifted up her voice and wept.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 21:9 Gen 16:1, 4, 15 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 21:9 Or playing ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 21:9 Gal 4:29 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 21:10 Gal 4:30 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 21:10 Lit with Isaac ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 21:11 Gen 17:18 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 21:11 Lit was very grievous in Abraham’s sight ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 21:12 Lit Do not let it be grievous in your sight ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 21:12 Rom 9:7; Heb 11:18 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 21:12 Lit your seed will be called ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 21:13 Gen 16:10; 21:18; 25:12-18 ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 21:13 Lit seed ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 21:14 I.e. a skin used as a bottle ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 21:15 Lit cast ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 21:16 Lit look upon the death of the child ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 21:16 Jer 6:26; Amos 8:10 ↩

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