Genesis 21:5-15

5 cum centum esset annorum hac quippe aetate patris natus est Isaac

6 dixitque Sarra risum fecit mihi Deus quicumque audierit conridebit mihi

7 rursumque ait quis auditurum crederet Abraham quod Sarra lactaret filium quem peperit ei iam seni

8 crevit igitur puer et ablactatus est fecitque Abraham grande convivium in die ablactationis eius

9 cumque vidisset Sarra filium Agar Aegyptiae ludentem dixit ad Abraham

10 eice ancillam hanc et filium eius non enim erit heres filius ancillae cum filio meo Isaac

11 dure accepit hoc Abraham pro filio suo

12 cui dixit Deus non tibi videatur asperum super puero et super ancilla tua omnia quae dixerit tibi Sarra audi vocem eius quia in Isaac vocabitur tibi semen

13 sed et filium ancillae faciam in gentem magnam quia semen tuum est

14 surrexit itaque Abraham mane et tollens panem et utrem aquae inposuit scapulae eius tradiditque puerum et dimisit eam quae cum abisset errabat in solitudine Bersabee

15 cumque consumpta esset aqua in utre abiecit puerum subter unam arborum quae ibi erant

Genesis 21:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 21

This chapter gives an account of the conception, birth, circumcision, and weaning of Isaac, Ge 21:1-8; of the mocking of Ishmael, and of the casting out of him and his mother from Abraham's house, at the request of Sarah, which, though grievous to Abraham, he complied with at the direction of God, Ge 21:9-13; of the provision Abraham made for their departure, and of the supply they met with in the wilderness from God, where Ishmael was brought up, and where he married, Ge 21:14-21; and of a covenant between Abraham and Abimelech, king of Gerar, Ge 21:22-32; and of Abraham's planting a grove, and calling on the name of the Lord, Ge 21:33; and the chapter is closed with this observation, that Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days, Ge 21:34.