Genesis 21
1 Yahweh was very kind to Sarah, just as he said he would be. He did for Sarah exactly what he promised to do.
And YHWH has looked after Sarah as He has said, and YHWH does to Sarah as He has spoken;
2 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Abraham when he was very old, at the time God promised it would happen.
and Sarah conceives, and bears a son to Abraham, to his old age, at the appointed time that God has spoken of with him;
3 Abraham gave the name ‘Isaac’ (which means ‘he laughs’) to the son Sarah gave birth to.
and Abraham calls the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah has borne to him—Isaac;
4 Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when his son was eight days old, just as God commanded him to do.
and Abraham circumcises his son Isaac, [being] a son of eight days, as God has commanded him.
5 Abraham was 100 years old when his son Isaac was born.
And Abraham [is] a son of one hundred years in his son Isaac being born to him,
6 And Sarah said, “[Although I was sad before because I did not have any children], God has now enabled me to laugh, and everyone who hears about what God has done for me will laugh with me.”
and Sarah says, “God has made laughter for me; everyone who is hearing laughs for me.”
7 Then she also said, “No one would have said to Abraham that some day Sarah would nurse a child, but I have given birth to a son when Abraham is very old.”
She also says, “Who has said to Abraham, Sarah has suckled sons, that I have born a son for his old age?”
8 The baby grew and was weaned [when he was about three years old]. On that day, Abraham prepared a large feast to celebrate.
And the boy grows, and is weaned, and Abraham makes a great banquet in the day of Isaac’s being weaned;
9 ([One day/During the feast)] Sarah noticed that Hagar’s son Ishmael was (making fun of/playing with) Isaac.
and Sarah sees the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she has borne to Abraham, mocking,
10 So she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman from Egypt and her son! I do not want the son of that slave woman to be alone (OR, to be an heir along with) my son, Isaac!”
and she says to Abraham, “Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of this handmaid has no possession with my son—with Isaac.”
11 Abraham was very distressed about the matter, because he was concerned about his son [Ishmael].
And the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son’s sake;
12 But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about your son, Ishmael, and about your maidservant, Hagar. Do everything that Sarah tells you to do. Listen to her, because Isaac is the one who will be considered the ancestor of the descendants I promised to give you.
and God says to Abraham, “Let it not be wrong in your eyes because of the youth, and because of your handmaid: all that Sarah says to you—listen to her voice, for in Isaac is a seed called to you.
13 But I will also cause the son of your maidservant to be the ancestor of the people of a great nation [MTY], because he is also your son.”
As for the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he [is] your seed.”
14 So Abraham got up early the next morning. He got some food ready, put water in a container, and gave them to Hagar. He put them [in a bag] on her shoulder and sent them away. They wandered in the desert near Beersheba [town].
And Abraham rises early in the morning, and takes bread, and a bottle of water, and gives to Hagar (placing [it] on her shoulder), also the boy, and sends her out; and she goes on, and goes astray in the wilderness of Beer-Sheba;
15 After they had drunk all the water in the container, she put her son under one of the bushes there.
and the water is consumed from the bottle, and she places the boy under one of the shrubs.
16 Then she went and sat nearby, about (as far as someone can shoot an arrow/100 meters away), because she thought, “I cannot endure seeing my son die!” As she sat there, she began to cry [loudly] [MTY].
And she goes and sits by herself opposite [him], far off, about a bow-shot, for she said, “Do not let me look on the death of the boy”; and she sits opposite [him], and lifts up her voice, and weeps.
17 [The boy was crying too.] And God heard the boy crying. So he caused one of his angels to call out from heaven to Hagar, saying, “Hagar, are you worried about something? Do not be afraid, because God has heard the boy crying there.
And God hears the voice of the youth; and the messenger of God calls to Hagar from the heavens and says to her, “What to you, Hagar? Do not fear; for God has listened to the voice of the youth where he [is];
18 Help your son up, and hold his hand as you leave, because I will cause his descendants to become a great nation.”
rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with your hand, for I set him for a great nation.”
19 Then God showed her a well of water. So she went to the well and filled the container with water, and gave the boy a drink.
And God opens her eyes, and she sees a well of water, and she goes and fills the bottle [with] water, and causes the youth to drink;
20 God helped the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became a good (archer/man who hunts with bow and arrows).
and God is with the youth, and he grows, and dwells in the wilderness, and is an archer;
21 He lived in Paran Desert. While e was there, Hagar got a wife for him from Egypt.
and he dwells in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother takes for him a wife from the land of Egypt.
22 At that time, [King] Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, “It is clear that God helps you with everything that you do.
And it comes to pass at that time that Abimelech speaks—Phichol also, head of his host—to Abraham, saying, “God [is] with you in all that you are doing;
23 So now (solemnly promise/swear) to me here, as God is listening, that you will (not deceive/act fairly to) me and my children and my descendants, in return for my being kind to you. Be kind to me and to all the people here in the country where you are now living.”
and now, swear to me by God here: you do not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with you—do with me, and with the land in which you have sojourned.”
24 So Abraham promised to do that.
And Abraham says, “I swear.”
25 [Then] Abraham complained to Abimelech about one of Abraham’s wells that Abimelech’s servants had seized.
And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants have violently taken away,
26 But Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done that. You did not tell me previously, and I did not hear about it until today.”
and Abimelech says, “I have not known who has done this thing, and even you did not declare to me, and I also, I have not heard except today.”
27 So Abraham brought some sheep and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a (treaty/peace agreement).
And Abraham takes sheep and oxen, and gives to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;
28 Abraham separated seven female lambs from his flock.
and Abraham sets seven lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 Abimelech asked Abraham, “What are these seven female lambs that you have separated from the rest of your flock?”
And Abimelech says to Abraham, “What [are] they—these seven lambs which you have set by themselves?”
30 Abraham replied, “I want you truly to accept these female lambs from me [SYN], so that it may be a (public witness/proof) that this well belongs to me because I dug it.”
And he says, “For—the seven lambs you accept from my hand, so that it becomes a witness for me that I have dug this well”;
31 So Abimelech accepted the animals, and as a result they called that place Beersheba, [which means ‘Friendship Agreement Well’, ] because there the two of them made that agreement.
therefore he has called that place “Beer-Sheba,” for both of them have sworn there.
32 After they made the agreement at Beersheba, Abimelech and his army commander, Phicol, left, and returned to the land of the Philistine people-group.
And they make a covenant in Beer-Sheba, and Abimelech rises—Phichol also, head of his host—and they return to the land of the Philistines;
33 Abraham planted a (tamarisk tree/kind of tree called esel) there, and he worshiped the eternal God there.
and [Abraham] plants a tamarisk in Beer-Sheba, and preaches there in the Name of YHWH, the perpetual God;
34 Abraham lived in the land of the Philistine people-group for a long time.
and Abraham sojourns in the land of the Philistines many days.
