Genesis 21
1 And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did to Sarah as he had spoken.
And the Lord came to Sarah as he had said and did to her as he had undertaken.
2 And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
And Sarah became with child, and gave Abraham a son when he was old, at the time named by God.
3 And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
And Abraham gave to his son, to whom Sarah had given birth, the name Isaac.
4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
And when his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham made him undergo circumcision, as God had said to him.
5 And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born to him.
Now Abraham was a hundred years old when the birth of Isaac took place.
6 And Sarah said, God has made me to laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.
And Sarah said, God has given me cause for laughing, and everyone who has news of it will be laughing with me.
7 And she said, Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah should give sons suck? For I have borne him a son in his old age.
And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would have a child at her breast? for see, I have given him a son now when he is old.
8 And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
And when the child was old enough to be taken from the breast, Abraham made a great feast.
9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian playing with Isaac.
10 Therefore she said to Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son. For the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
So she said to Abraham, Send away that woman and her son: for the son of that woman is not to have a part in the heritage with my son Isaac.
11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son.
And this was a great grief to Abraham because of his son.
12 And God said to Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy handmaid. In all that Sarah says to thee, hearken to her voice. For in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name.
13 And also I will make a nation of the son of the handmaid, because he is thy seed.
And I will make a nation of the son of your servant-woman, because he is your seed.
14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
And early in the morning Abraham got up, and gave Hagar some bread and a water-skin, and put the boy on her back, and sent her away: and she went, wandering in the waste land of Beer-sheba.
15 And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
And when all the water in the skin was used up, she put the child down under a tree.
16 And she went, and sat herself down opposite him a good way off, as it were a bowshot. For she said, Let me not look upon the death of the child. And she sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
And she went some distance away, about an arrow flight, and seating herself on the earth, she gave way to bitter weeping, saying, Let me not see the death of my child.
17 And God heard the voice of the lad. And the agent of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, What troubles thee, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.
And the boy's cry came to the ears of God; and the angel of God said to Hagar from heaven, Hagar, why are you weeping? have no fear, for the child's cry has come to the ears of God.
18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand, for I will make him a great nation.
Come, take your child in your arms, for I will make of him a great nation.
19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
Then God made her eyes open, and she saw a water-spring, and she got water in the skin and gave the boy a drink.
20 And God was with the lad, and he grew. And he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.
And God was with the boy, and he became tall and strong, and he became a bowman, living in the waste land.
21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took for him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
And while he was in the waste land of Paran, his mother got him a wife from the land of Egypt.
22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou do.
Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do.
23 Now therefore swear to me here by God that thou will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But according to the kindness that I have done to thee, thou shall do to me, and to the land in which thou have sojourned.
Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God, that you will not be false to me or to my sons after me, but that as I have been good to you, so you will be to me and to this land where you have been living.
24 And Abraham said, I will swear.
And Abraham said, I will give you my oath.
25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water which Abimelech's servants had taken away violently.
But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force.
26 And Abimelech said, I know not who has done this thing, neither did thou tell me, nor yet did I hear of it, but today.
But Abimelech said, I have no idea who has done this thing; you never gave me word of it, and I had no knowledge of it till this day.
27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech. And the two made a covenant.
And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made an agreement together.
28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
And Abraham put seven young lambs of the flock on one side by themselves.
29 And Abimelech said to Abraham, What do these seven ewe lambs mean which thou have set by themselves?
Then Abimelech said, What are these seven lambs which you have put on one side?
30 And he said, These seven ewe lambs thou shall take from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.
And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.
31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there they swore both of them.
So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.
32 So they made a covenant at Beersheba. And Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
So they made an agreement at Beer-sheba, and Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines.
33 And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there called on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God.
And Abraham, after planting a holy tree in Beer-sheba, gave worship to the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.
34 And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
And Abraham went on living in the land of the Philistines as in a strange country.
