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Genesis 21:10
“Therefore she said to Abraham, "Cast out this handmaid and her son! For the son of this handmaid will not be heir with my son, Isaac.”
Verse in context — Genesis 21
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The child grew, and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
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Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
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Therefore she said to Abraham, "Cast out this handmaid and her son! For the son of this handmaid will not be heir with my son, Isaac.
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The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son.
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God said to Abraham, "Don't let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your handmaid. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For from Isaac will your seed be called.
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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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