Ishmael Banished – Genesis – The Brick Bible

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Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son, and Abraham named him Isaac. Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born.

1 of 14 Genesis 21:2–3, 5

When Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him.

2 of 14 Genesis 21:4

Sarah saw the son that Hagar the Egyptian had born to Abraham playing with her son Isaac.

3 of 14 Genesis 21:9

And she said to Abraham, "Send away that slave woman and her son! That slave woman’s son shall never share an inheritance with my son Isaac!"

4 of 14 Genesis 21:10

In Abraham’s view, these words concerning his son were evil. But God said to Abraham, "Don’t see it as evil. Do what Sarah says, for it is through Isaac that your descendants will be counted. But I will make the slave woman’s son into a large nation too."

5 of 14 Genesis 21:11

So early in the morning, Abraham gave Hagar some bread and a skin of water, putting them on her shoulders, and the boy.

6 of 14 Genesis 21:14

And he sent her away.

7 of 14 Genesis 21:14

She set out, wandering into the desert of Beersheba.

8 of 14 Genesis 21:14

When the water in the skin ran out, she threw the child under one of the bushes.

9 of 14 Genesis 21:14

She went and sat down a fair distance away, and said, "I won’t watch the child die." And she wept and wailed.

10 of 14 Genesis 21:16

But God heard the sound of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from the sky, "What’s the matter, Hagar? Don’t be afraid, God has heard the boy crying. Get up and help him."

11 of 14 Genesis 21:17–18

"I will make him into a large nation." And God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water, and she filled the skin and gave the boy a drink.

12 of 14 Genesis 21:18–19

God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer.

13 of 14 Genesis 21:20

And his mother got him a wife from Egypt.

14 of 14 Genesis 21:21

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