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Genesis 21:7

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She said, "Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age."

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The Ancient Near East (Fertile Crescent)The ancient Near East and Fertile Crescent, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, the world of the patriarchs.
The Journeys of Abraham and the PatriarchsThe journeys of Abraham and the patriarchs from Ur through Canaan and into Egypt.

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Although Egypt and Paran are mentioned later in the same narrative, they frame Ishmael’s future after Sarah marvels at Isaac’s birth. Egypt was Hagar’s homeland, while

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Genesis 21:7 mentions Egypt and Paran.

Egypt · Ricardo Liberato
Paran · ekeidar

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