Translations
KJVPrimary
King James VersionAnd Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
F.O.G.Secondary
The F.O.GSarah saw the son of Hagar the Mitzrite — whom she had borne to Avraham — laughing.
F.O.G.M.
F.O.G MessageBut Sarah saw something: the son of Hagar the Egyptian — the boy Hagar had borne to Abraham — was laughing.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleBut Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,
Footnotes
מְצַחֵק (metsachek): The verb shares the same root as Yitzchak and tsechoq — this child is doing precisely what Isaac's name means. The word can signify playing, laughing, or mocking, and the text is deliberately ambiguous. The LXX adds "with her son Isaac," and in Galatians 4:29 Paul interprets the scene as persecution. The tension between innocent play and hostile mockery cannot be fully resolved from the Hebrew alone; both translations render it as "laughing" so the wordplay on Yitzchak's name rings clearly without forcing the negative reading on the reader.
