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ABRAHAM, THE FATHER OF THE CHOSEN PEOPLE 43
disobedience was punished immediately. She was turned into a statue of salt.
·when raham was one hundred years old and Sara ninety, God's promise was fulfilled. Isaac was born, and in him Abraham's faith was rewarded. Under the watchful eyes of his parents, the boy grew strong and ho . He was the joy of his father's heart.
Asalittleboy,Isaacplayedaroundhisfather'stent with Ismael, the son of Agar, the E ptian servant maid. Sara did not like this, and she said to- Abra­ ham, "Cast out this bondwoman and her son1 for the son of the bondwoman shall not be an heir with my son Isaac.''
Hearing this, Abr am became very sad, and he did not know what to do. For, after all, Ismael was his son and he loved him.
God told him to heed what Sara said and not to worry about Ismael and Agar. He said, ''I will make the son also of the bondwoman the father of a great nation, because he thy son."
So Abraham rose up in the morning and, taking bre d d a bottle of water, he put it upon the shoul­ der of Agar and sent her and her boy away. Heart­ broken, she went forth and wandered in the wilderness for d s. At last, the water in the bottle was all gone. She saw Ismael becoming weaker and weaker, and she was sure that he was dying of thirst and weariness. Tenderly she laid him down under a tree. ''I will not see my boy die,'' she said and, going a short distance away, she sat down on the ground and wept.
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