Genesis 21
1 And YHWH has looked after Sarah as He has said, and YHWH does to Sarah as He has spoken;
And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
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;
And Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
3 and Abraham calls the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah has borne to him—Isaac;
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
4 and Abraham circumcises his son Isaac, [being] a son of eight days, as God has commanded him.
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
5 And Abraham [is] a son of one hundred years in his son Isaac being born to him,
And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
6 and Sarah says, “God has made laughter for me; everyone who is hearing laughs for me.”
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh; every one that heareth 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?”
And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck? for I have borne him a son in his old age.
8 And the boy grows, and is weaned, and Abraham makes a great banquet in the day of Isaac’s being weaned;
And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
9 and Sarah sees the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she has borne to Abraham, mocking,
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had borne unto Abraham, mocking.
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.”
Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
11 And the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son’s sake;
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of 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.
And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
13 As for the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he [is] your seed.”
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
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;
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
15 and the water is consumed from the bottle, and she places the boy under one of the shrubs.
And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
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.
And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not look upon the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
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];
And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad 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.”
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him 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;
And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
20 and God is with the youth, and he grows, and dwells in the wilderness, and is an archer;
And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
21 and he dwells in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother takes for him a wife from the land of Egypt.
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of 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;
And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
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.”
now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
24 And Abraham says, “I swear.”
And Abraham said, I will swear.
25 And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants have violently taken away,
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
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.”
And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but today.
27 And Abraham takes sheep and oxen, and gives to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and they two made a covenant.
28 and Abraham sets seven lambs of the flock by themselves.
And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 And Abimelech says to Abraham, “What [are] they—these seven lambs which you have set by themselves?”
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
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”;
And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
31 therefore he has called that place “Beer-Sheba,” for both of them have sworn there.
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
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;
So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
33 and [Abraham] plants a tamarisk in Beer-Sheba, and preaches there in the Name of YHWH, the perpetual God;
And [Abraham] planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.
34 and Abraham sojourns in the land of the Philistines many days.
And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
