Send them away…

Followers of God have been sending people away for a long time.

“[Isaac] grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac. So she said to Abraham, ‘ Cast out this slave woman with her son; for the son of this slave woman shall not inherit along with my son Isaac.’” (Genesis 21:8–11, NRSV)

Casting out and sending away are the same thing. The reasons followers of God send people away vary. Sarah sent Hagar and Ishmael away out of jealously…