Genesis 21
1 Then the Lord visited Sarah, just as he had promised; and he fulfilled what he had spoken.
And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken;
2 And she conceived and gave birth to a son in her old age, at the time that God had foretold to her.
and Sarah conceiveth, and beareth a son to Abraham, to his old age, at the appointed time that God hath spoken of with him;
3 And Abraham called the name of his son, whom Sarah bore for him, Isaac.
and Abraham calleth the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah hath born to him — Isaac;
4 And he circumcised him on the eighth day, just as God had instructed him,
and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son, [being] a son of eight days, as God hath commanded him.
5 when he was one hundred years old. Indeed, at this stage of his father’s life, Isaac was born.
And Abraham [is] a son of a hundred years in Isaac his son being born to him,
6 And Sarah said: “God has brought laughter to me. Whoever will hear of it will laugh with me.”
and Sarah saith, 'God hath made laughter for me; every one who is hearing laugheth for 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?”
She saith also, 'Who hath said to Abraham, Sarah hath suckled sons, that I have born 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 lad groweth, and is weaned, and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac's being weaned;
9 And when Sarah had seen the son of Hagar the Egyptian playing with her son Isaac, she said to Abraham:
and Sarah seeth the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she hath borne to Abraham, mocking,
10 “Cast out this woman servant and her son. For the son of a woman servant will not be heir with my son Isaac.”
and she saith to Abraham, 'Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of this handmaid hath no possession with my son — with Isaac.'
11 Abraham took this grievously, for the sake of his son.
And the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son's sake;
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 saith unto Abraham, 'Let it not be wrong in thine eyes because of the youth, and because of thy handmaid: all that Sarah saith unto thee — hearken to her voice, for in Isaac is a seed called to thee.
13 Yet I will also make the son of the woman servant into a great nation, for he is your offspring.”
As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he [is] thy seed.'
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.
And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and taketh bread, and a bottle of water, and giveth unto Hagar (placing [it] on her shoulder), also the lad, and sendeth her out; and she goeth on, and goeth astray in the wilderness 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 is consumed from the bottle, and she placeth the lad 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 she goeth and sitteth by herself over-against, afar off, about a bow-shot, for she said, 'Let me not look on the death of the lad;' and she sitteth over-against, and lifteth up her voice, and weepeth.
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 heareth the voice of the youth; and the messenger of God calleth unto Hagar from the heavens, and saith to her, 'What to thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath hearkened unto the voice of the youth where he [is];
18 Rise up. Take the boy and hold him by the hand. For I will make of him a great nation.”
rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set 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 openeth her eyes, and she seeth a well of water, and she goeth and filleth the bottle [with] water, and causeth the youth to drink;
20 And God was with him. And he grew, and he stayed in the wilderness, and he became a young man, an archer.
and God is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is 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 dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother taketh for him a wife from 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 cometh to pass at that time that Abimelech speaketh — Phichol also, head of his host — 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.”
and now, swear to me by God here: thou dost not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with thee thou dost with me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.'
24 And Abraham said, “I will swear.”
And Abraham saith, 'I — I do swear.'
25 And he reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.
And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech's servants have taken violently away,
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 saith, 'I have not known who hath done this thing, and even thou didst not declare to me, and I also, I have not 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 taketh sheep and oxen, and giveth to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;
28 And Abraham set aside seven female lambs from the flock.
and Abraham setteth seven Lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 Abimelech said to him, “What purpose have these seven female lambs, which you have caused to stand separately?”
And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, 'What [are] they — these seven lambs 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 saith, 'For — the seven lambs thou dost accept from my hand, so that it becometh a witness for me that I have digged this well;'
31 For this reason, that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them did swear.
therefore hath he called that place 'Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn.
32 And they initiated a pact on behalf of the well of oath.
And they make a covenant in Beer-Sheba, and Abimelech riseth — Phichol also, head of his host — and they turn back 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.
and [Abraham] planteth a tamarisk in Beer-Sheba, and preacheth there in the name of Jehovah, God age-during;
34 And he was a settler in the land of the Palestinians for many days.
and Abraham sojourneth in the land of the Philistines many days.
