Genesis 21
1 Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
And the Lord visited Sara, as he had promised: and fulfilled what he had spoken.
2 So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.
And she conceived and bore a son in her old age, at the time that God had foretold her.
3 And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.
And Abraham called the name of his son, whom Sara bore him, Isaac.
4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.
And he circumcised him the eighth day, as God had commanded him,
5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
When he was a hundred years old: for at this age of his father was Isaac born.
6 Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”
And Sara said: God hath made a laughter for me: whosoever shall hear of it will laugh with me.
7 She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
And again she said: Who would believe that Abraham should hear that Sara gave suck to a son, whom she bore to him in his old age.
8 So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.
And the child grew and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast on the day of his weaning.
9 But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,
And when Sara had seen the son of Agar the Egyptian playing with Isaac her son, she said to Abraham:
10 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!”
Cast out this bondwoman, and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.
11 Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.
Abraham took this grievously for his son.
12 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.
And God said to him: Let it not seem grievous to thee for the boy, and for thy bondwoman: in all that Sara hath said to thee, hearken to her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
13 But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”
But I will make the son also of the bondwoman a great nation, because he is thy seed.
14 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.
So Abraham rose up in the morning, and taking bread and a bottle of water, put it upon her shoulder, and delivered the boy, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Bersabee.
15 When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.
And when the water in the bottle was spent, she cast the boy under one of the trees that were there.
16 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.
And she went her way, and sat over against him a great way off as far as a bow can carry, for she said: I will not see the boy die: and sitting over against, she lifted up her voice and wept.
17 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.
And God heard the voice of the boy: and an angel of God called to Agar from heaven, saying: What art thou doing, Agar? fear not: for God hath heard the voice of the boy, from the place wherein he is.
18 Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
Arise, take up the boy, and hold him by the hand: for I will make him a great nation.
19 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.
And God opened her eyes: and she saw a well of water, and went and filled the bottle, and gave the boy to drink.
20 And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.
And God was with him: and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became a young man, an archer.
21 And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Pharan, and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
22 At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.
At the same time Abimelech, and Phicol the general of his army said to Abraham: God is with thee in all that thou dost.
23 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.”
Swear therefore by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my posterity, nor my stock: but according to the kindness that I have done to thee, thou shalt do to me, and to the land wherein thou hast lived a stranger.
24 And Abraham replied, “I swear it.”
And Abraham said: I will swear.
25 But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
And he reproved Abimelech for a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.
26 Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”
And Abimelech answered: I knew not who did this thing: and thou didst not tell me, and I heard not of it till today.
27 So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.
And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech: and both of them made a league.
28 Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,
And Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs of the flock.
29 and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
And Abimelech said to him: What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set apart?
30 He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
But he said: Thou shalt take seven ewe lambs at my hand: that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well.
31 So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
Therefore that place was called Bersabee: because there both of them did swear.
32 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.
And they made a league for the well of oath.
33 And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.
And Abimelech, and Phicol the general of his army arose and returned to the land of the Palestines. But Abraham planted a grove in Bersabee, and there called upon the name of the Lord God eternal.
34 And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
And he was a sojourner in the land of the Palestines many days.
