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Genesis 21:10

New International Reader's Version

Sarah said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman! Get rid of her son! That woman’s son will never have a share of the family’s property. All of it belongs to my son Isaac.”

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Then God said, “Yes, I will bless Ishmael. But your wife Sarah will have a son by you. And you will name him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him. That covenant will last forever. It will be for Isaac and his family after him.

But I will establish my covenant with Isaac. By this time next year, Sarah will have a son by you.”

Abraham replied, “I thought, ‘There is no respect for God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’

Then he reached out his hand. He picked up the knife to kill his son.

Here is the story of the family line of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham was the father of Isaac.

But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines. Then he sent them away from his son Isaac. He sent them to the land of the east.

If you drive away those who make fun of others, fighting also goes away. Arguing and unkind words will stop.

“Then the king told his slaves, ‘Tie up his hands and feet. Throw him outside into the darkness. Out there people will weep and grind their teeth.’

A slave has no lasting place in the family. But a son belongs to the family forever.

The great gift that God has for us does not depend on the law. If it did, it would no longer depend on the promise. But God gave it to Abraham as a free gift through a promise.

So you aren’t a slave any longer. You are God’s child. Because you are his child, God gives you the rights of those who are his children.

He has given us new birth so that we might share in what belongs to him. This is a gift that can never be destroyed. It can never spoil or even fade away. It is kept in heaven for you.

These enemies left our community of believers. They didn’t really belong to us. If they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But by leaving they showed that none of them belonged to us.

Gilead’s wife also had sons by him. When they had grown up, they drove Jephthah away. “You aren’t going to get any share of our family’s property,” they said. “You are the son of another woman.”




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