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Hagar and Ishmael Are Sent Away

9-10 (A) One day, Sarah noticed Hagar's son Ishmael[a] playing,[b] and she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that Egyptian slave woman and her son! I don't want him to inherit anything. It should all go to my son.”[c]

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  1. 21.9,10 Ishmael: The son of Abraham and Hagar, who was Sarah's slave woman (see 16.1-16).
  2. 21.9,10 playing: Hebrew; one ancient translation “playing with her son Isaac.”
  3. 21.9,10 Get rid … son: When Abraham accepted Ishmael as his son, it gave Ishmael the right to inherit part of what Abraham owned. But slaves who were given their freedom lost the right to inherit such property.

But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham(A) was mocking,(B)

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Hagar and Ishmael Are Sent Away

9-10 (A) One day, Sarah noticed Hagar's son Ishmael[a] playing,[b] and she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that Egyptian slave woman and her son! I don't want him to inherit anything. It should all go to my son.”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 21.9,10 Ishmael: The son of Abraham and Hagar, who was Sarah's slave woman (see 16.1-16).
  2. 21.9,10 playing: Hebrew; one ancient translation “playing with her son Isaac.”
  3. 21.9,10 Get rid … son: When Abraham accepted Ishmael as his son, it gave Ishmael the right to inherit part of what Abraham owned. But slaves who were given their freedom lost the right to inherit such property.

10 and she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman(A) and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.”(B)

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