12 ¶ But God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight for the child, and for thy bondwoman: in all that Sarah shall say unto thee, hear her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be [a]called.

13 As for the son of the bondwoman, I will make him [b]a nation also, because he is thy seed.

14 So Abraham arose up early in the morning and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar putting it on her shoulder, and the child also, and [c]sent her away: who departing, wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:12 The promised seed shall be counted from Isaac, and not from Ishmael, Rom. 9:7; Heb. 11:18.
  2. Genesis 21:13 The Ishmaelites shall come of him.
  3. Genesis 21:14 True faith renounceth all natural affections to obey God’s commandment.

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