Genesis 21
1 Now, Yahweh, visited Sarah, as he had said, —And Yahweh did for Sarah as he had spoken.
Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
2 So, Sarah, conceived and bare, to Abraham, a son, for his old age, at the set time, of which God had spoken with him.
So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.
3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him, whom, Sarah, bare to him, Isaac.
And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.
4 And Abraham circumcised Isaac his son, when eight days old, —as God commanded him.
When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.
5 Now Abraham was a hundred years old, —when Isaac his son was born to him.
Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
6 And Sarah said, A laughing, hath God made for me, —Everyone that heareth will laugh with me.
Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”
7 And she said—Who would have announced to Abraham, Sarah hath suckled children? yet have I borne a son, for his old age!
She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
8 And the child grew, and was weaned, —and Abraham made a great banquet, on the day of the weaning of Isaac.
So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.
9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian woman whom she had borne to Abraham laughing!
But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,
10 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.
and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”
11 And the word was very grievous in the eyes of Abraham, —on account of his son.
Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.
12 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.
But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.
13 Yet even the son of the bondwoman, will I appoint to become, a nation, because thy seed, he is.
But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”
14 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.
Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
15 And the water out of the skin was spent, —so she cast the child under one of the shrubs;
When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.
16 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
Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.
17 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.
Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.
18 Arise lift up the boy, and hold him up with thy hand, —for, a great nation, will I make him.
Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
19 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
Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
20 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,
And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.
21 And he dwelt in the desert of Paran, —and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
22 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.
At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.
23 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.
Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you.”
24 And Abraham said, I, will swear.
And Abraham replied, “I swear it.”
25 But Abraham reproved Abimelech, —on account of the well of water, which the servants of Abimelech had seized.
But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
26 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.
Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”
27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave to Abimelech, —and they two solemnised a covenant
So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.
28 So then Abraham set seven young sheep of the flock by them-selves,
Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,
29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What, then mean these seven young sheep here, which thou hast set by themselves?
and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
30 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.
He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
31 On this account, was the name of that place called Beer-sheba ["oath well"], —because there, had they two sworn.
So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
32 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.
After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.
33 Then planted he a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, —and called there on the name of Yahweh the age-abiding GOD.
And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.
34 So Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
