Add parallel Print Page Options

She also said, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse sons? Yet I have given birth to a son in my husband’s[a] old age!”

Hagar and Ishmael Leave

The child grew and eventually was weaned, so Abraham threw a tremendous banquet on the very day Isaac was weaned. Nevertheless, when Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian—whom Hagar had borne to Abraham—making fun of Isaac,[b]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:7 Lit. in his
  2. Genesis 21:9 The Heb. lacks of Isaac

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.”(A)

Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away

The child grew and was weaned,(B) 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(C) was mocking,(D)

Read full chapter