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15 Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son. And Abram gave his son who was born of Hagar the name 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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Sarah was able to have a child and she gave birth to a son when Abraham was very old. He was born at the time the Lord said it would happen. Abraham gave the name Isaac to his son who was born to him by Sarah. Then Abraham did the religious act of the Jews on Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had told him to do. Abraham was one hundred years old when Isaac was born. And Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. All who hear will laugh with me.” She said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet when he is so old I have given him a son.” When the child grew old enough to stop nursing, Abraham made a special supper on that day.

Hagar and Ishmael Are Sent Away

But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian make fun of Isaac. Abraham was the father of Hagar’s son.

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Sarah became pregnant and bore a son(A) to Abraham in his old age,(B) at the very time God had promised him.(C) Abraham gave the name Isaac[a](D) to the son Sarah bore him. When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him,(E) as God commanded him. Abraham was a hundred years old(F) when his son Isaac was born to him.

Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter,(G) and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.” And she added, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”(H)

Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away

The child grew and was weaned,(I) and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast. But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham(J) was mocking,(K)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:3 Isaac means he laughs.