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But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac.[a](A)

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  1. 21.9 Gk Vg: Heb lacks with 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 Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.(A)

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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 just as at that time the child who was born according to the flesh persecuted the child who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now also.(A)

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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 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by an enslaved woman and the other by a free woman.(A)

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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, bore him no children. She had an Egyptian slave whose name was Hagar,(A)

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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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Jerusalem remembers[a] all the precious things
    that were hers in days of old.
When her people fell into the hand of the enemy
    and there was no one to help her,
the enemy looked on;
    they mocked over her downfall.(A)

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  1. 1.7 Q ms: MT adds in the days of her affliction and wandering

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 make themselves known by their acts,
    by whether what they do is pure and right.(A)

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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 have made us the taunt of our neighbors,
    the derision and scorn of those around us.(A)
14 You have made us a byword among the nations,
    a laughingstock[a] among the peoples.(B)

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  1. 44.14 Heb a shaking of the head

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 As with a deadly wound in my body,
    my adversaries taunt me,
while they say to me continually,
    “Where is your God?”(A)

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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 human,
    scorned by others and despised by the people.(A)

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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 they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets until the wrath of the Lord against his people became so great that there was no remedy.(A)

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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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10 So the couriers went from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun, but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them.(A)

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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 Others suffered mocking and flogging and even chains and imprisonment.(A)

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

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