Genesis 21:12-14

The Voice

¹²But God assured Abraham.

Eternal One: Don’t worry about the young man and your servant. Go along with whatever Sarah says, for through Isaac your covenant children will be named.^[a] ¹³As for the son of the slave woman, I will take care of him. I will raise up a nation through him as well because he is also your son.

¹⁴So Abraham got up early in the morning, took bread and a container of water, and gave them to Hagar. He placed them on her shoulder, gave her the child—his firstborn—and sent her away. She left and wandered in the wilderness near Beersheba.

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