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Genesis 21
Isaac is born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age, as promised, and Sarah laughs for joy. Hagar and Ishmael are sent away; God hears the boy crying in the wilderness of Beersheba and opens Hagar's eyes to a well. Abraham makes a treaty with Abimelech at Beersheba.
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- Textually stated
Isaac: “He laughs”: “God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.”
- Plausible
Sarah was about 93: Sends Hagar and Ishmael away.
At the feast for Isaac's weaning (Gen 21:8); the weaning age is not given.
- Plausible
Isaac was about 3: Weaned; Abraham holds a feast.
Weaning age is not given; two to three years was common in the ancient Near East.