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Genesis 21:8 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The child grew and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. "
Genesis 21:8
Verse in Context
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6 Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”
7 She said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.”
8 The child grew and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
9 Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
10 Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this servant and her son! For the son of this servant will not be heir with my son, Isaac.”
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Genesis 21:1
"The LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had spoken."
Genesis 21:2
"Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him."
Genesis 21:3
"Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac."
Genesis 21:4
"Abraham circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him."
Genesis 21:5
"Abraham was one hundred years old when his son, Isaac, was born to him."
Genesis 21:6
"Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”"
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