Now Sarahsawthe sonof Hagarthe Egyptian,whomshe had borneto Abraham,mocking.
Now Sarai,Abram'swifehad bornehim no[children], and she had an Egyptianmaidwhose namewas Hagar.
So HagarboreAbrama son;and Abramcalledthe nameof his son,whomHagarbore,Ishmael.
"As for Ishmael,I have heardyou; behold,I will blesshim, and will makehim fruitfuland will multiplyhim exceedingly.He shall becomethe fatherof twelveprinces,and I will makehim a greatnation.
The childgrewand was weaned,and Abrahammadea greatfeaston the daythat Isaacwas weaned.
So the courierspassedfrom cityto citythrough the countryof Ephraimand Manasseh,and as faras Zebulun,but they laughedthem to scornand mockedthem.
but they [continually] mockedthe messengersof God,despisedHis wordsand scoffedat His prophets,untilthe wrathof the LORDaroseagainst His people,untiltherewas noremedy.
"But nowthoseyoungerthanI mockme, WhosefathersI disdainedto putwith the dogsof my flock.
But I am a wormand not a man,A reproachof menand despisedby the people.
As a shatteringof my bones,my adversariesrevileme, While they sayto me alldaylong, "Whereis your God?"
It is by his deedsthat a laddistinguisheshimself Ifhis conductis pureand right.
Driveout the scoffer,and contentionwill goout, Even strifeand dishonorwill cease.
In the daysof her afflictionand homelessnessJerusalemremembersallher preciousthingsThat were from the daysof old,When her peoplefellinto the handof the adversaryAnd noonehelpedher. The adversariessawher, They mockedat her ruin.
For it is writtenthat Abrahamhadtwosons,oneby the bondwomanand oneby the free woman.
But as at that timehe who was bornaccordingto the fleshpersecutedhim [who was born] accordingto the Spirit,soit is nowalso.
and othersexperiencedmockingsand scourgings,yes,alsochainsand imprisonment.
