Endnote 10 – Problems of Translations

In addition, this same root is the bridge to the story of how Ishmael, son of Abraham’s maid-concubine Hagar, is soon afterward driven from his home for “mocking” (mesahek, 21:9). And it appears again when King Abimelech realizes that Rebecca is Isaac’s wife, not his sister, when he sees them “sporting” (mesahek, Genesis 26:8).