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. According to the Old Testament after Isaac was weaned, his
mother Sarah, saw Ishmael mocking him, and didn’t want
Ishmael to be heir with her son Isaac (
Genesis 21:8-10
): “And the
child grew, and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast
the same day that Isaac was weaned. And Sarah saw the son of
Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham,
mocking. Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this
bondwoman and her son, for the son of this bondwoman shall
not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.”
M.
The mocking part is an interpolation, as you will see later
.
Isaac was about two years
old when he was weaned.
Ishmael
was then sixteen years
old
because Abraham was eighty-six
years old when Hagar bore Ishmael and was a hundred years
old when Isaac was born, according to
Genesis 16:16
: “And
Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare
Ishmael to Abram;’ and
Genesis 21:5
: “And Abraham was an
hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.”
Genesis 21:8-10
is in contradiction with
Genesis 21:14-21
where
Ishmael was portrayed as a baby put on the shoulder of his
mother, called lad and child, when both left Sarah: “And
Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a
bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her
shoulder, and the child. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in
thine hand...” This is the profile of a baby and not of a teenager.
So Ishmael and his mother Hagar left Sarah long before Isaac
was born.. How could Ishmael mock Isaac when Isaac was not
born and when Ishmael left when he was still a lad / child? So
now you can see the interpolation.