Genesis 21
1 And YHWH has looked after Sarah as He has said, and YHWH does to Sarah as He has spoken;
The Lord came to help Sarah as he'd said he would. The Lord did for Sarah what he'd promised.
2 and Sarah conceives, and bears a son to Abraham, to his old age, at the appointed time that God has spoken of with him;
She became pregnant and had a son for Abraham when he was old, at the exact time God said she would.
3 and Abraham calls the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah has borne to him—Isaac;
Abraham named their son Isaac.
4 and Abraham circumcises his son Isaac, [being] a son of eight days, as God has commanded him.
Abraham circumcised him when Isaac was eight days old, following God's command.
5 And Abraham [is] a son of one hundred years in his son Isaac being born to him,
Abraham was 100 when Isaac was born.
6 and Sarah says, “God has made laughter for me; everyone who is hearing laughs for me.”
Sarah declared, “God has made me laugh, and all those who hear about this will laugh with me.”
7 She also says, “Who has said to Abraham, Sarah has suckled sons, that I have born a son for his old age?”
She also said, “Would anyone have announced to Abraham that Sarah was going to have children to nurse? But now I have had a son for Abraham even when he was old!”
8 And the boy grows, and is weaned, and Abraham makes a great banquet in the day of Isaac’s being weaned;
The baby grew up, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a large feast.
9 and Sarah sees the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she has borne to Abraham, mocking,
But Sarah noticed that Ishmael, Hagar the Egyptian's son she'd had for Abraham, was making fun of Isaac.
10 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.”
So she went to Abraham and told him, “You have to get rid of this slave woman and this son of hers! A slave woman's son is not going to be one of your heirs and inherit together with my son Isaac!”
11 And the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son’s sake;
Abraham felt very bad about it because Ishmael was his son.
12 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.
But God told Abraham, “Don't feel bad about the boy and the slave woman. Do whatever Sarah tells you, because it's through Isaac that your descendants will be counted.
13 As for the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he [is] your seed.”
Don't worry—I will also make the son of the slave woman into a nation because he's your son.”
14 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;
Abraham got up early the next morning. He packed up some food and a skin of water which he gave to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder. Then he sent her and the boy away. She left and wandered through the Desert of Beersheba.
15 and the water is consumed from the bottle, and she places the boy under one of the shrubs.
When the water ran out, she left the boy under one of the bushes.
16 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.
She went and sat down some way off, a few hundred yards away, saying, “I can't bear to watch my son die!” As she sat down she burst into tears.
17 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];
God heard the boy's cries, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her, “What's the matter, Hagar? Don't be afraid! God has heard the boy crying from where he is.
18 rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with your hand, for I set him for a great nation.”
Get up, go over and help the boy up, and encourage him, for I will make him into a great nation.”
19 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;
God opened her eyes and she saw a well nearby. She went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
20 and God is with the youth, and he grows, and dwells in the wilderness, and is an archer;
God blessed Ishmael and he grew up, living in the desert. He became a skilled archer.
21 and he dwells in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother takes for him a wife from the land of Egypt.
He lived in the Desert of Paran. His mother chose a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
22 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;
Around this time Abimelech came with Phicol, the commander of his army, to see Abraham. “God blesses you in everything you do,” Abimelech said.
23 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.”
“So swear to me right here and now that you won't betray me, my children, or my descendants. In the same way I've proved I'm trustworthy to you, do the same to me and my country where you're currently living.”
24 And Abraham says, “I swear.”
“I so swear,” Abraham replied.
25 And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants have violently taken away,
Then Abraham raised an issue with Abimelech of a well that Abimelech's servants had taken by force.
26 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.”
“I don't know who did this, and you didn't mention it before. I haven't heard anything about it until today,” Abimelech responded.
27 And Abraham takes sheep and oxen, and gives to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;
Then Abraham gave Abimelech some of his sheep and cattle, and the two of them made an agreement.
28 and Abraham sets seven lambs of the flock by themselves.
Abraham also separated out seven female lambs from the flock.
29 And Abimelech says to Abraham, “What [are] they—these seven lambs which you have set by themselves?”
“What are these seven female lambs for that you've separated from the flock?” Abimelech asked.
30 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”;
“I'm giving you these seven female lambs in return for your admission that I dug this well,” Abraham replied.
31 therefore he has called that place “Beer-Sheba,” for both of them have sworn there.
That's why he called the place Beersheba, because the two of them swore and oath to each other.
32 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;
After making the agreement at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army left and went home to the country of the Philistines.
33 and [Abraham] plants a tamarisk in Beer-Sheba, and preaches there in the Name of YHWH, the perpetual God;
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and there he worshiped the Lord, the Eternal God.
34 and Abraham sojourns in the land of the Philistines many days.
Abraham lived in the country of the Philistines for a long time.
