Genesis 21
1 And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did to Sarah as he had spoken.
Then the Lord visited Sarah, just as he had promised; and he fulfilled what he had spoken.
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 she conceived and gave birth to a son in her old age, at the time that God had foretold to her.
3 And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
And Abraham called the name of his son, whom Sarah bore for him, Isaac.
4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
And he circumcised him on the eighth day, just as God had instructed him,
5 And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born to him.
when he was one hundred years old. Indeed, at this stage of his father’s life, Isaac was born.
6 And Sarah said, God has made me to laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.
And Sarah said: “God has brought laughter to me. Whoever will hear of it will laugh 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 again, she said: “Hearing this, who would believe Abraham, that Sarah breast-fed a son, to whom she gave birth, despite being elderly?”
8 And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
And the boy grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day of his weaning.
9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
And when Sarah had seen the son of Hagar the Egyptian playing with her son Isaac, she said to Abraham:
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.
“Cast out this woman servant and her son. For the son of a woman servant will not be heir with my son Isaac.”
11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son.
Abraham took this grievously, for the sake 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.
And God said to him: “Let it not seem harsh to you concerning the boy and your woman servant. In all that Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice. For your offspring will be invoked in Isaac.
13 And also I will make a nation of the son of the handmaid, because he is thy seed.
Yet I will also make the son of the woman servant into a great nation, for he is your offspring.”
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 so Abraham arose in the morning, and taking bread and a skin of water, he placed it upon her shoulder, and he handed over the boy, and he released her. And when she had departed, she wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
15 And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
And when the water in the skin had been consumed, she set aside the boy, under one of the trees that were there.
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 moved away and sat in a distant area, as far as a bow can reach. For she said, “I shall not see the boy die.” And so, sitting opposite her, he lifted up his voice and wept.
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.
But God heard the voice of the boy. And an Angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, saying: “What are you doing, Hagar? Do not be afraid. For God has heeded the voice of the boy, from the place where he is.
18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand, for I will make him a great nation.
Rise up. Take the boy and hold him by the hand. 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.
And God opened her eyes. And seeing a well of water, she went and filled the skin, and she gave the boy to 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 him. And he grew, and he stayed in the wilderness, and he became a young man, an archer.
21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took for him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
And he lived in the desert of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him 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.
At the same time, Abimelech and Phicol, the leader of his army, said to Abraham: “God is with you in everything that 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.
Therefore, swear by God that you will do no harm to me, and to my posterity, and to my stock. But according to the mercy that I have done to you, you will do to me and to the land, to which you have turned as a newcomer.”
24 And Abraham said, I will swear.
And Abraham said, “I will swear.”
25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water which Abimelech's servants had taken away violently.
And he reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which his servants had taken away 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.
And Abimelech responded, “I do not know who did this thing, but you also did not reveal it to me, nor have I heard of it, before today.”
27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech. And the two made a covenant.
And so Abraham took sheep and oxen, and he gave them to Abimelech. And both of them struck a pact.
28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
And Abraham set aside seven female lambs from the flock.
29 And Abimelech said to Abraham, What do these seven ewe lambs mean which thou have set by themselves?
Abimelech said to him, “What purpose have these seven female lambs, which you have caused to stand separately?”
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.
But he said, “You will receive seven female lambs from my hand, so that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well.”
31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there they swore both of them.
For this reason, that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them did swear.
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.
And they initiated a pact on behalf of the well of oath.
33 And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there called on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God.
Then Abimelech and Phicol, the leader of his army, rose up, and they returned to the land of the Palestinians. In truth, Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the Lord God Eternal.
34 And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
And he was a settler in the land of the Palestinians for many days.
