Author: Jill

Hagar And Ishmael
By Jill Kemp
Illustrated by Richard Gunther
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Hagar And Ishmael
By Jill Kemp
Illustrated by Richard Gunther
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Abraham had two sons. The youngest
boy Isaac was born to his wife Sarah,
and the older boy Ishmael, was born to
Hagar, his wife Sarah’s Egyptian maid.
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Abraham had two sons. The youngest
boy Isaac was born to his wife Sarah,
and the older boy Ishmael, was born to
Hagar, his wife Sarah’s Egyptian maid.
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Sarah was jealous of Abraham’s first
born son and when she saw Ishmael
mocking Isaac, she told her husband
to send Hagar and Ishmael away.
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Sarah was jealous of Abraham’s first
born son and when she saw Ishmael
mocking Isaac, she told her husband
to send Hagar and Ishmael away.
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Abraham sadly gave Hagar
a piece of bread and one bottle
of water and sent her and his son
Ishmael, off into the lonely, hot desert.
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Abraham sadly gave Hagar
a piece of bread and one bottle
of water and sent her and his son
Ishmael, off into the lonely, hot desert.
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Soon their water was gone and it was
so hot that Ishmael was dying of thirst.
Hagar didn’t want to see him die. She lay him
under a bush, sat down a little way off and cried.
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Soon their water was gone and it was
so hot that Ishmael was dying of thirst.
Hagar didn’t want to see him die. She lay him
under a bush, sat down a little way off and cried.
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God sent an angel to help her.
“Don’t be afraid. Lift up your son.
God will make him the father of
a great nation,” promised the angel.
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God sent an angel to help her.
“Don’t be afraid. Lift up your son.
God will make him the father of
a great nation,” promised the angel.
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Hagar obeyed the angel.
She dried her eyes and got up.
Then she saw a well of water nearby.
They drank the water and were saved.
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Hagar obeyed the angel.
She dried her eyes and got up.
Then she saw a well of water nearby.
They drank the water and were saved.
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Ishmael was a wild spirited boy
and his descendants did became
a great nation. Hagar believed
God’s promise the angel had told her.
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Ishmael was a wild spirited boy
and his descendants did became
a great nation. Hagar believed
God’s promise the angel had told her.
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