She also said, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne a son for him[a] in his old age.”

Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away

The child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned. But Sarah saw the son mocking[b]—the one Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:7 Sam, Tg Jonathan; MT omits him
  2. Genesis 21:9 LXX, Vg add Isaac her son

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