Abram’s wife, Sarai, had not borne any children for him, but she owned an Egyptian slave named Hagar.
Genesis 21:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But Sarah saw the son mocking #– #the one Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking [Isaac]. American Standard Version (1901) And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, mocking. Common English Bible Sarah saw Hagar’s son laughing, the one Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham. Catholic Public Domain Version And when Sarah had seen the son of Hagar the Egyptian playing with her son Isaac, she said to Abraham: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when Sara had seen the son of Agar the Egyptian playing with Isaac her son, she said to Abraham: |
Abram’s wife, Sarai, had not borne any children for him, but she owned an Egyptian slave named Hagar.
So Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son, and Abram named his son (whom Hagar bore) Ishmael.
As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will certainly bless him; I will make him fruitful and will multiply him greatly. He will father twelve tribal leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.
The child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.
The couriers travelled from city to city in the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but the inhabitants laughed at them and mocked them.
But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against his people that there was no remedy.
But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.
Even a young man is known by his actions – by whether his behaviour is pure and upright.
Drive out a mocker, and conflict goes too; then quarrelling and dishonour will cease.
During the days of her affliction and homelessness Jerusalem remembers all her precious belongings that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into the adversary’s hand, she had no one to help. The adversaries looked at her, laughing over her downfall.
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and the other by a free woman.
But just as then the child born as a result of the flesh persecuted the one born as a result of the Spirit, so also now.
Others experienced mocking and scourging, as well as bonds and imprisonment.