Verse 10
Genesis 21:10
New Living Translation
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So she turned to Abraham and demanded, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son. He is not going to share the inheritance with my son, Isaac. I won’t have it!”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תֹּ֨אמֶר֙ לְ/אַבְרָהָ֔ם גָּרֵ֛שׁ הָ/אָמָ֥ה הַ/זֹּ֖את וְ/אֶת בְּנָ֑/הּ כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יִירַשׁ֙ בֶּן הָ/אָמָ֣ה הַ/זֹּ֔את עִם בְּנִ֖/י עִם יִצְחָֽק
English Translation
And she said to Abraham, "Cast out this slave woman and her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not inherit with my son Isaac."
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Chapter 21 Context
1
The LORD kept his word and did for Sarah exactly what he had promised.
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She became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. This happened at just t...
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And Abraham named their son Isaac.
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Eight days after Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him as God (Elohim) had commanded.
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Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born.
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And Sarah declared, “God (Elohim) has brought me laughter. All who hear about this will laugh with m...
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Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse a baby? Yet I have given Abraham a son in his...
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8
When Isaac grew up and was about to be weaned, Abraham prepared a huge feast to celebrate the occasi...
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9
But Sarah saw Ishmael — the son of Abraham and her Egyptian servant Hagar — making fun of her son, I...
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10
So she turned to Abraham and demanded, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son. He is not going to...
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This upset Abraham very much because Ishmael was his son.
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But God (Elohim) told Abraham, “Do not be upset over the boy and your servant. Do whatever Sarah tel...
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But I will also make a nation of the descendants of Hagar’s son because he is your son, too.”
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So Abraham got up early the next morning, prepared food and a container of water, and strapped them...
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When the water was gone, she put the boy in the shade of a bush.
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Then she went and sat down by herself about a hundred yards away. “I don’t want to watch the boy die...
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But God (Elohim) heard the boy crying, and the angel of God (Elohim) called to Hagar from heaven, “H...
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Go to him and comfort him, for I will make a great nation from his descendants.”
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Then God (Elohim) opened Hagar’s eyes, and she saw a well full of water. She quickly filled her wate...
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And God (Elohim) was with the boy as he grew up in the wilderness. He became a skillful archer,
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and he settled in the wilderness of Paran. His mother arranged for him to marry a woman from the lan...
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About this time, Abimelech came with Phicol, his army commander, to visit Abraham. “God (Elohim) is...
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“Swear to me in God (Elohim)’s name that you will never deceive me, my children, or any of my descen...
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Abraham replied, “Yes, I swear to it!”
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Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had taken by force from...
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“This is the first I’ve heard of it,” Abimelech answered. “I have no idea who is responsible. You ha...
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Abraham then gave some of his sheep, goats, and cattle to Abimelech, and they made a treaty.
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But Abraham also took seven additional female lambs and set them off by themselves.
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Abimelech asked, “Why have you set these seven apart from the others?”
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Abraham replied, “Please accept these seven lambs to show your agreement that I dug this well.”
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Then he named the place Beersheba (which means “well of the oath”), because that was where they had...
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After making their covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech left with Phicol, the commander of his army, and...
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Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he worshiped the LORD, the Eternal God...
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And Abraham lived as a foreigner in Philistine country for a long time.
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