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Genesis 21:8-11

8And the childהַיֶּ֖לֶדhai.Ye.ledH3206grewוַיִּגְדַּ֥לvai.yig.DalH1431,and was weanedוַיִּגָּמַ֑לvai.yi.ga.MalH1580:and Abrahamאַבְרָהָם֙'av.ra.HamH85madeוַיַּ֤עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213a greatגָד֔וֹלga.DolH1419feastמִשְׁתֶּ֣הmish.TehH4960the samedayבְּי֖וֹםbe.YomH3117that Isaacיִצְחָֽק׃yitz.ChakH3327was weanedהִגָּמֵ֥לhi.ga.MelH1580.

9And Sarahשָׂרָ֜הsa.RahH8283sawוַתֵּ֨רֶאva.Te.re'H7200the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Hagarהָגָ֧רha.GarH1904the Egyptianהַמִּצְרִ֛יתha.mitz.RitH4713,which she had bornיָלְדָ֥הYal.dahH3205unto Abrahamלְאַבְרָהָ֖םle.'av.ra.HamH85,mockingמְצַחֵֽק׃me.tza.ChekH6711.

10Wherefore she saidוַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙va.To.merH559unto Abrahamלְאַבְרָהָ֔םle.'av.ra.HamH85,Cast outגָּרֵ֛שׁga.ReshH1644this bondwomanהָאָמָ֥הha.'a.MahH519and her sonבְּנָ֑הּbe.NahH1121:for the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of this bondwomanהָאָמָ֣הha.'a.MahH519shall not be heirיִירַשׁ֙yi.RashH3423with my sonבְּנִ֖יbe.NiH1121, evenwith Isaacיִצְחָֽק׃yitz.ChakH3327.

11And the thingהַדָּבָ֛רha.da.VarH1697was veryמְאֹ֖דme.'OdH3966grievousH3415in Abraham’sאַבְרָהָ֑ם'av.ra.HamH85sightבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869becauseאוֹדֹ֥ת'o.DotH182of his sonבְּנֽוֹ׃be.NoH1121.

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