Genesis 21
1 Now, Yahweh, visited Sarah, as he had said, —And Yahweh did for Sarah as he had spoken.
And YHWH has looked after Sarah as He has said, and YHWH does to Sarah as He has spoken;
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.
and Sarah conceives, and bears a son to Abraham, to his old age, at the appointed time that God has spoken of with him;
3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him, whom, Sarah, bare to him, Isaac.
and Abraham calls the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah has borne to him—Isaac;
4 And Abraham circumcised Isaac his son, when eight days old, —as God commanded him.
and Abraham circumcises his son Isaac, [being] a son of eight days, as God has commanded him.
5 Now Abraham was a hundred years old, —when Isaac his son was born to him.
And Abraham [is] a son of one hundred years in his son Isaac being born to him,
6 And Sarah said, A laughing, hath God made for me, —Everyone that heareth will laugh with me.
and Sarah says, “God has made laughter for me; everyone who is hearing laughs for 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 also says, “Who has said to Abraham, Sarah has suckled sons, that I have born a son for 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.
And the boy grows, and is weaned, and Abraham makes a great banquet in the day of Isaac’s being weaned;
9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian woman whom she had borne to Abraham laughing!
and Sarah sees the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she has borne to Abraham, mocking,
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 says to Abraham, “Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of this handmaid has no possession with my son—with Isaac.”
11 And the word was very grievous in the eyes of Abraham, —on account of his son.
And the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son’s sake;
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.
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.
13 Yet even the son of the bondwoman, will I appoint to become, a nation, because thy seed, he is.
As for the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he [is] your seed.”
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.
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;
15 And the water out of the skin was spent, —so she cast the child under one of the shrubs;
and the water is consumed from the bottle, and she places the boy under one of the shrubs.
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
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.
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.
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];
18 Arise lift up the boy, and hold him up with thy hand, —for, a great nation, will I make him.
rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with your hand, for I set him for 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
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;
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 is with the youth, and he grows, and dwells in the wilderness, and is an archer;
21 And he dwelt in the desert of Paran, —and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
and he dwells in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother takes for him a wife 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.
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;
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.
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.”
24 And Abraham said, I, will swear.
And Abraham says, “I swear.”
25 But Abraham reproved Abimelech, —on account of the well of water, which the servants of Abimelech had seized.
And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants have violently taken away,
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.
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.”
27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave to Abimelech, —and they two solemnised a covenant
And Abraham takes sheep and oxen, and gives to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;
28 So then Abraham set seven young sheep of the flock by them-selves,
and Abraham sets seven lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What, then mean these seven young sheep here, which thou hast set by themselves?
And Abimelech says to Abraham, “What [are] they—these seven lambs which you have set by themselves?”
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.
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”;
31 On this account, was the name of that place called Beer-sheba ["oath well"], —because there, had they two sworn.
therefore he has called that place “Beer-Sheba,” for both of them have sworn there.
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.
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;
33 Then planted he a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, —and called there on the name of Yahweh the age-abiding GOD.
and [Abraham] plants a tamarisk in Beer-Sheba, and preaches there in the Name of YHWH, the perpetual God;
34 So Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
and Abraham sojourns in the land of the Philistines many days.
