Chapter 30

Two Nations


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And it came to pass that YHVHa visited Sarah as He had said, and that YHVH did bless Sarah even as he had spoken by the mouth of Melchizedekb and the malakimc;

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And Sarah did conceive from Abraham and did bare a son at the set time of which the malakim of Elohima had spoken to them.

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And Abraham and Sarah called the name of their son Isaaca; and Abraham circumcisedb his son Isaac, he being eight days old;

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And Abraham blessed his son, and Sarah did begin to teach him of the covenanta, even as they had covenantedb with Elohim that they should do.

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And Abraham and Sarah did obtain together the one hundredth degree when their son Isaac was born unto them.

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And Sarah said: Elohim has made me to rejoice; and also all that know me will rejoice with me.

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And she said unto Abraham: Who would have said that Sarah should have given thy children suck but YHVH? For I was barren unto thee, but YHVH promised, and I have borne a son.

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ΒΆ And it came to pass that the child grew and was weaned;

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And in that day that Isaac was weaneda, Abraham made a great feast; and Sarah saw the son of Hagar, the Egyptian, which Hagar had borne unto Abraham, cruelly scorning him to show unto him his dominanceb; and Sarah was troubled;

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Wherefore, she said unto Abraham: Cast out this Egyptian woman and her son; for YHVH Elohima has said that the son of this woman shall not be heir with my son, Isaac, and yet there he is making to mock him in cruelty.

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And this thing was very grievous unto Abraham because of his sons, for he feared that Ishmael should do harm unto Isaac.

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And The Voicea said unto Abraham: Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of thy son and because of thy wife, Hagar; in all that Sarah has said unto thee, hearken unto her voice, for in Isaac shall thy seed be called;

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But fear not for Ishmael, for the son of Hagar will I make a nation also for he is thy seed,

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And the day shall surely come when they too shall partake of their inheritance because of the seed of thy son with Sarah, even Isaac.

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And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave unto Hagar; and she took the child, and he sent her away; and she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Bearsheba.

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And it came to pass that the water was spent in the bottle; and she cast Ishmael under one of the shrubs, and she went and sat herself down over against the child, a good way off, as it were a bowshot; for she said: Let me not see the death of my child.

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And as she sat over away from her son, she lifted up her voice, and wept.

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And Elohim heard her cries; and the angel of YHVHa called to Hagar out of heaven and said unto her: What troubles thee, Hagar?

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Fear not, for Elohim hath heard the voice of Ishmael where he lieth.

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Arise, therefore, and lift him up, and hold him in thine hand; for Allaha will make of him a great nation.

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And Elohim opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave her son to drink.

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And Elohim was with Ismael; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, becoming an archera;

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And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran, he and his mother, and he took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.