weaning of Isaac

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The weaning of Isaac is a biblical event in Genesis marking Abraham’s son Isaac reaching early childhood, celebrated with a great feast and foreshadowing later family tensions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Testament event
biblical event
allegoricalReference Galatians 4:21–31
associatedWithEmotion family tension
joy
laughter
canonicalStatus part of Pentateuch narrative
part of Torah narrative
celebratedWith great feast
childInvolved Isaac NERFINISHED
commemoratedBy feast
culturalContext ancient Near Eastern weaning customs
describedIn Book of Genesis NERFINISHED
describedInChapter Genesis 21 NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Abraham NERFINISHED
Hagar NERFINISHED
Isaac NERFINISHED
Ishmael NERFINISHED
Sarah NERFINISHED
foreshadows conflict between Sarah and Hagar
separation of Isaac and Ishmael
hasInterpretationIn Christian exegesis NERFINISHED
Jewish exegesis
hasLanguageOfPrimarySource Biblical Hebrew
hasMainLocation Abraham’s household
land of Canaan NERFINISHED
hasParentOfChild Abraham NERFINISHED
Sarah NERFINISHED
initiatedBy Abraham NERFINISHED
marksLifeStage early childhood
marksLifeStageOf Isaac NERFINISHED
precedesEvent expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael
relatedToTheme covenant
election
family rivalry
inheritance
promise
religiousTradition Christianity
Islam
Judaism
scripturalReference Genesis 21:8
Genesis 21:9–10
signifies confirmation of God’s promise to Abraham and Sarah
survival of child beyond infancy
timeInNarrative after birth of Isaac
before sacrifice of Isaac
usedAsAllegoryBy Paul the Apostle NERFINISHED

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Genesis 21 containsEvent weaning of Isaac