Genesis 21
1 Then the Lord visited Sarah, just as he had promised; and he fulfilled what he had spoken.
Now, Yahweh, visited Sarah, as he had said, —And Yahweh did for Sarah as he had spoken.
2 And she conceived and gave birth to a son in her old age, at the time that God had foretold to her.
So, Sarah, conceived and bare, to Abraham, a son, for his old age, at the set time, of which God had spoken with him.
3 And Abraham called the name of his son, whom Sarah bore for him, Isaac.
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him, whom, Sarah, bare to him, Isaac.
4 And he circumcised him on the eighth day, just as God had instructed him,
And Abraham circumcised Isaac his son, when eight days old, —as God commanded him.
5 when he was one hundred years old. Indeed, at this stage of his father’s life, Isaac was born.
Now Abraham was a hundred years old, —when Isaac his son was born to him.
6 And Sarah said: “God has brought laughter to me. Whoever will hear of it will laugh with me.”
And Sarah said, A laughing, hath God made for me, —Everyone that heareth will laugh with me.
7 And again, she said: “Hearing this, who would believe Abraham, that Sarah breast-fed a son, to whom she gave birth, despite being elderly?”
And she said—Who would have announced to Abraham, Sarah hath suckled children? yet have I borne a son, for his old age!
8 And the boy grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day of his weaning.
And the child grew, and was weaned, —and Abraham made a great banquet, on the day of the weaning of Isaac.
9 And when Sarah had seen the son of Hagar the Egyptian playing with her son Isaac, she said to Abraham:
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian woman whom she had borne to Abraham laughing!
10 “Cast out this woman servant and her son. For the son of a woman servant will not be heir with my son Isaac.”
So she said to Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son, —for the son of this bondwoman must not inherit with my son with Isaac.
11 Abraham took this grievously, for the sake of his son.
And the word was very grievous in the eyes of Abraham, —on account of his son.
12 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.
And God said unto Abraham Let it not be grievous in thine eyes concerning the boy and concerning thy bondwoman, In all that Sarah may say unto thee, hearken to her voice, —For in Isaac, shall there be called to thee—a seed.
13 Yet I will also make the son of the woman servant into a great nation, for he is your offspring.”
Yet even the son of the bondwoman, will I appoint to become, a nation, because thy seed, he is.
14 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.
So Abraham rose up early in the morning—and took bread and a skin of water and gave unto hagar, —putting them on her shoulder and the child, and sent her forth, —so she went her way and wandered, in the desert of Beer-sheba.
15 And when the water in the skin had been consumed, she set aside the boy, under one of the trees that were there.
And the water out of the skin was spent, —so she cast the child under one of the shrubs;
16 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.
and went and sat her down over against him at a distance like as of such as draw the bow, for she said Let me not look upon the death of the child, —So she sat down over against him, and the boy lifted up his voice, and wept
17 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.
And God heard the voice of the boy, and a messenger of God called unto Hagar out of the heavens; and said to her, What aileth thee, Hagar? Do not fear, for God hath hearkened unto the voice of the boy where he is.
18 Rise up. Take the boy and hold him by the hand. For I will make of him a great nation.”
Arise lift up the boy, and hold him up with thy hand, —for, a great nation, will I make him.
19 And God opened her eyes. And seeing a well of water, she went and filled the skin, and she gave the boy to drink.
And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water, —and went and filled the skin with water, and gave drink unto the boy
20 And God was with him. And he grew, and he stayed in the wilderness, and he became a young man, an archer.
And it came to pass that God was with the boy, and he grew, —and dwelt in the desert, and he became as he grew up, an archer,
21 And he lived in the desert of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
And he dwelt in the desert of Paran, —and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
22 At the same time, Abimelech and Phicol, the leader of his army, said to Abraham: “God is with you in everything that you do.
And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech, with Phicol chieftain of his host, spake unto Abraham, saying, —God, is with thee in all that, thou art doing.
23 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.”
Now, therefore, swear to me by God, here, that thou wilt not deal falsely by me, nor by mine offspring, nor by my descendants, —according to the lovingkindness wherewith I have dealt with thee, shalt thou deal with me, and with the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
24 And Abraham said, “I will swear.”
And Abraham said, I, will swear.
25 And he reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.
But Abraham reproved Abimelech, —on account of the well of water, which the servants of Abimelech had seized.
26 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.”
And Abimelech said, I know not, who hath done this thing, —nor hast even thou, ever told me, nor have even I, ever heard, save to-day.
27 And so Abraham took sheep and oxen, and he gave them to Abimelech. And both of them struck a pact.
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave to Abimelech, —and they two solemnised a covenant
28 And Abraham set aside seven female lambs from the flock.
So then Abraham set seven young sheep of the flock by them-selves,
29 Abimelech said to him, “What purpose have these seven female lambs, which you have caused to stand separately?”
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What, then mean these seven young sheep here, which thou hast set by themselves?
30 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.”
And he said, The seven young sheep, shalt thou take at my hand, —that they may serve as my witness, that I digged this well.
31 For this reason, that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them did swear.
On this account, was the name of that place called Beer-sheba ["oath well"], —because there, had they two sworn.
32 And they initiated a pact on behalf of the well of oath.
And when they had solemnised a covenant in Beer-sheba, —then arose Abimelech, with Phicol chief of his host, and returned unto the land of the Philistines.
33 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.
Then planted he a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, —and called there on the name of Yahweh the age-abiding GOD.
34 And he was a settler in the land of the Palestinians for many days.
So Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
