Genesis 21
1 And the Lord visited Sarrha, as he said, and the Lord did to Sarrha, as he spoke.
And YHWH has looked after Sarah as He has said, and YHWH does to Sarah as He has spoken;
2 And she conceived and bore to Abraam a son in old age, at the set time according as the Lord spoke to him.
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 And Abraam called the name of his son that was born to him, whom Sarrha bore to him, Isaac.
and Abraham calls the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah has borne to him—Isaac;
4 And Abraam circumcised Isaac on the eighth day, as God commanded him.
and Abraham circumcises his son Isaac, [being] a son of eight days, as God has commanded him.
5 And Abraam was a hundred years old when Isaac his son was born to him.
And Abraham [is] a son of one hundred years in his son Isaac being born to him,
6 And Sarrha said, The Lord has made laughter for me, for whoever shall hear shall rejoice with me.
and Sarah says, “God has made laughter for me; everyone who is hearing laughs for 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 also says, “Who has said to Abraham, Sarah has suckled sons, that I have born a son for 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.
And the boy grows, and is weaned, and Abraham makes a great banquet in the day of Isaac’s being weaned;
9 And Sarrha having seen the son of Agar the Egyptian who was born to Abraam, sporting with Isaac her son,
and Sarah sees the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she has borne to Abraham, mocking,
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 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 But the word appeared very hard before Abraam concerning his son.
And the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son’s sake;
12 But God said to Abraam, Let it not be hard before thee concerning the child, and concerning the bondwoman; in all things whatsoever Sarrha shall say to thee, hear her voice, for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
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 And moreover I will make the son of this bondwoman a great nation, because he is thy seed.
As for the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he [is] your seed.”
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.
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 And the water failed out of the skin, and she cast the child under a fir tree.
and the water is consumed from the bottle, and she places the boy under one of the shrubs.
16 And she departed and sat down opposite him at a distance, as it were a bow-shot, for she said, Surely I cannot see the death of my child: and she sat opposite him, and the child cried aloud and wept.
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 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.
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 Rise up, and take the child, and hold him in thine hand, for I will make him 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 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.
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 And God was with the child, and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
and God is with the youth, and he grows, and dwells in the wilderness, and is an archer;
21 And he dwelt in the wilderness, and his mother took him a wife out of Pharan of Egypt.
and he dwells in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother takes for him a wife 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 thee in all things, whatsoever thou mayest 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 Now therefore swear to me by God that thou wilt not injure me, nor my seed, nor my name, but according to the righteousness which I have performed with thee thou shalt deal with me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.
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 And Abraam said, I will swear.
And Abraham says, “I swear.”
25 And Abraam reproved Abimelech because of the wells of water, which the servants of Abimelech took away.
And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants have violently taken away,
26 And Abimelech said to him, I know not who has done this thing to thee, neither didst thou tell it me, neither heard I it but only to-day.
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 And Abraam took sheep and calves, and gave them to Abimelech, and both made a covenant.
And Abraham takes sheep and oxen, and gives to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;
28 And Abraam set seven ewe-lambs by themselves.
and Abraham sets seven lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 And Abimelech said to Abraam, What are these seven ewe-lambs which thou hast set alone?
And Abimelech says to Abraham, “What [are] they—these seven lambs which you have set by themselves?”
30 And Abraam said, Thou shalt receive the seven ewe-lambs of me, that they may be for me as a witness, that I dug this well.
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 Therefore he named the name of that place, The Well of the Oath, for there they both swore.
therefore he has called that place “Beer-Sheba,” for both of them have sworn there.
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.
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 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] plants a tamarisk in Beer-Sheba, and preaches there in the Name of YHWH, the perpetual God;
34 And Abraam sojourned in the land of the Phylistines many days.
and Abraham sojourns in the land of the Philistines many days.
