Genesis 21
1 And the Lord visited Sarrha, as he said, and the Lord did to Sarrha, as he spoke.
Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
2 And she conceived and bore to Abraam a son in old age, at the set time according as the Lord spoke to him.
So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.
3 And Abraam called the name of his son that was born to him, whom Sarrha bore to him, Isaac.
And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.
4 And Abraam circumcised Isaac on the eighth day, as God commanded him.
When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.
5 And Abraam was a hundred years old when Isaac his son was born to him.
Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
6 And Sarrha said, The Lord has made laughter for me, for whoever shall hear shall rejoice with me.
Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”
7 And she said, Who shall say to Abraam that Sarrha suckles a child? for I have born a child in my old age.
She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
8 And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraam made a great feast the day that his son Isaac was weaned.
So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.
9 And Sarrha having seen the son of Agar the Egyptian who was born to Abraam, sporting with Isaac her son,
But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,
10 then she said to Abraam, Cast out this bondwoman and her son, for the son of this bondwoman shall not inherit with my son Isaac.
and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”
11 But the word appeared very hard before Abraam concerning his son.
Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.
12 But God said to Abraam, Let it not be hard before you concerning the child, and concerning the bondwoman; in all things whatever Sarrha shall say to you, hear her voice, for in Isaac shall your seed be called.
But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.
13 And moreover I will make the son of this bondwoman a great nation, because he is your seed.
But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”
14 And Abraam rose up in the morning and took loaves and a skin of water, and gave [them] to Agar, and he put the child on her shoulder, and sent her away, and she having departed wandered in the wilderness near the well of the oath.
Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
15 And the water failed out of the skin, and she cast the child under a fir tree.
When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.
16 And she departed and sat down opposite him at a distance, as it were a bow-shot, for she said, Surely I can’t see the death of my child: and she sat opposite him, and the child cried aloud and wept.
Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.
17 And God heard the voice of the child from the place where he was, and an angel of God called Agar out of heaven, and said to her, What is it, Agar? fear not, for God has heard the voice of the child from the place where he is.
Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.
18 Rise up, and take the child, and hold him in your hand, for I will make him a great nation.
Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of springing water; and she went and filled the skin with water, and gave the child drink.
Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
20 And God was with the child, and he grew and lived in the wilderness, and became an archer.
And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.
21 And he lived in the wilderness, and his mother took him a wife out of Pharan of Egypt.
And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
22 And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech spoke, and Ochozath his friend, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, to Abraam, saying, God is with you in all things, whatever you may do.
At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.
23 Now therefore swear to me by God that you will not injure me, nor my seed, nor my name, but according to the righteousness which I have performed with you you shall deal with me, and with the land in which you have sojourned.
Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you.”
24 And Abraam said, I will swear.
And Abraham replied, “I swear it.”
25 And Abraam reproved Abimelech because of the wells of water, which the servants of Abimelech took away.
But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
26 And Abimelech said to him, I know not who has done this thing to you, neither did you tell it me, neither heard I it but only today.
Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”
27 And Abraam took sheep and calves, and gave them to Abimelech, and both made a covenant.
So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.
28 And Abraam set seven ewe-lambs by themselves.
Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,
29 And Abimelech said to Abraam, What are these seven ewe-lambs which you have set alone?
and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
30 And Abraam said, You shall receive the seven ewe-lambs of me, that they may be for me as a witness, that I dug this well.
He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
31 Therefore he named the name of that place, The Well of the Oath, for there they both swore.
So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
32 And they made a covenant at the well of the oath. And there rose up Abimelech, Ochozath his friend, and Phichol the commander-in-chief of his army, and they returned to the land of the Phylistines.
After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.
33 And Abraam planted a field at the well of the oath, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.
And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.
34 And Abraam sojourned in the land of the Phylistines many days.
And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
