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But Sarah saw Ishmael—the son of Abraham and her Egyptian servant Hagar—making fun of her son, Isaac.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 21:9 As in Greek version and Latin Vulgate; Hebrew lacks of her son, Isaac.

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

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15 So Hagar gave Abram a son, and Abram named him Ishmael.

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15 So Hagar(A) bore Abram a son,(B) and Abram gave the name Ishmael(C) to the son she had borne.

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29 But you are now being persecuted by those who want you to keep the law, just as Ishmael, the child born by human effort, persecuted Isaac, the child born by the power of the Spirit.

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29 At that time the son born according to the flesh(A) persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit.(B) It is the same now.

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22 The Scriptures say that Abraham had two sons, one from his slave wife and one from his freeborn wife.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 4:22 See Gen 16:15; 21:2-3.

22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman(A) and the other by the free woman.(B)

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The Birth of Ishmael

16 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not been able to bear children for him. But she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.

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Hagar and Ishmael

16 Now Sarai,(A) Abram’s wife, had borne him no children.(B) But she had an Egyptian slave(C) named Hagar;(D)

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In the midst of her sadness and wandering,
    Jerusalem remembers her ancient splendor.
But now she has fallen to her enemy,
    and there is no one to help her.
Her enemy struck her down
    and laughed as she fell.

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In the days of her affliction and wandering
    Jerusalem remembers all the treasures
    that were hers in days of old.
When her people fell into enemy hands,
    there was no one to help her.(A)
Her enemies looked at her
    and laughed(B) at her destruction.

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11 Even children are known by the way they act,
    whether their conduct is pure, and whether it is right.

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11 Even small children are known by their actions,
    so is their conduct really pure(A) and upright?

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13 You let our neighbors mock us.
    We are an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
14 You have made us the butt of their jokes;
    they shake their heads at us in scorn.

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13 You have made us a reproach(A) to our neighbors,(B)
    the scorn(C) and derision(D) of those around us.
14 You have made us a byword(E) among the nations;
    the peoples shake their heads(F) at us.

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10 Their taunts break my bones.
    They scoff, “Where is this God of yours?”

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10 My bones suffer mortal agony(A)
    as my foes taunt(B) me,
saying to me all day long,
    “Where is your God?”(C)

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But I am a worm and not a man.
    I am scorned and despised by all!

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But I am a worm(A) and not a man,
    scorned by everyone,(B) despised(C) by the people.

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16 But the people mocked these messengers of God and despised their words. They scoffed at the prophets until the Lord’s anger could no longer be restrained and nothing could be done.

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16 But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words and scoffed(A) at his prophets until the wrath(B) of the Lord was aroused against his people and there was no remedy.(C)

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Celebration of Passover

10 The runners went from town to town throughout Ephraim and Manasseh and as far as the territory of Zebulun. But most of the people just laughed at the runners and made fun of them.

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10 The couriers went from town to town in Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun, but people scorned and ridiculed(A) them.

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36 Some were jeered at, and their backs were cut open with whips. Others were chained in prisons.

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36 Some faced jeers and flogging,(A) and even chains and imprisonment.(B)

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