Genesis 21
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Genesis 21:8-11

8The child grew and was weaned. Abraham prepared a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

9But Sarah noticed the son of Hagar the Egyptian – the son whom Hagar had borne to Abraham – mocking.

10So 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!”

11Sarah’s demand displeased Abraham greatly because Ishmael was his son.

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