ESV Reformation Study Bible – Gen 21:8–11
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Gen 21:8–11

21:8–11 The expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael removed any threat to Isaac’s inheritance. The accounts of the birth of Isaac and the removal of Ishmael are linked by another reference to laughter, Ishmael’s “scoffing” at Isaac (v. 9 text note).