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Genesis 21:9-11
New Catholic Bible
Genesis 21:9-11
New Catholic Bible
9 But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, the one whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with[a] her son Isaac. 10 She said to Abraham, “Send this slave and her son away, for the son of this slave must not be an heir together with my son Isaac.”
11 This greatly distressed Abraham for he was concerned for his son.
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- Genesis 21:9 Playing with: this can also be translated as mocking. According to the later Jewish tradition, the word here refers to immoral or idolatrous practices on the part of Ishmael (“mocking” in the sense of Gen 39:14, 17); St. Paul, however, interprets it as meaning persecution (Gal 4:29), perhaps resulting from envy.
