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3 Abraham named him Isaac.
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Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him.
4 When his son was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded.
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When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God commanded him.
5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born.
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Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
6 Sarah said, God has blessed me with laughter and all who get the news will laugh with me!
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Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”
7 She also said, Whoever would have suggested to Abraham that Sarah would one day nurse a baby! Yet here I am! I've given the old man a son!
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And she added, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
8 The baby grew and was weaned. Abraham threw a big party on the day Isaac was weaned.
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The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast.
9 One day Sarah saw the son that Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham, poking fun at her son Isaac.
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But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking,
10 She told Abraham, "Get rid of this slave woman and her son. No child of this slave is going to share inheritance with my son Isaac!"
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and she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.”
11 The matter gave great pain to Abraham - after all, Ishmael was his son.
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The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son.
12 But God spoke to Abraham, "Don't feel badly about the boy and your maid. Do whatever Sarah tells you. Your descendants will come through Isaac.
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But God said to him, “Do not be so distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.
13 Regarding your maid's son, be assured that I'll also develop a great nation from him - he's your son too."
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I will make the son of the slave into a nation also, because he is your offspring.”
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