Genesis 21
1 And Yahweh he visited Sarah just as he had said and he did Yahweh to Sarah just as he had spoken.
Adonai visited Sarah [Princess] as he had said, and Adonai did to Sarah [Princess] as he had spoken.
2 And she conceived and she bore Sarah to Abraham a son of old age his to the appointed time which he had spoken with him God.
Sarah [Princess] conceived, and bore Abraham [Father of a multitude] a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
3 And he called Abraham [the] name of son his who had been born to him whom she had borne to him Sarah Isaac.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah [Princess] bore to him, Isaac [Laughter].
4 And he circumcised Abraham Isaac son his a son of eight days just as he had commanded him God.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] circumcised his son, Isaac [Laughter], when he was eight days old, as God had enjoined him.
5 And Abraham [was] a son of one hundred year[s] when was born to him Isaac son his.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] was one hundred years old when his son, Isaac [Laughter], was born to him.
6 And she said Sarah laughter he has made for me God everyone who hears he will laugh to me.
Sarah [Princess] said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who sh'ma ·hears obeys· will laugh with me.”
7 And she said who? has he said to Abraham she has suckled children Sarah for I have borne a son of old age his.
She said, “Who would have said to Abraham [Father of a multitude], that Sarah [Princess] would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.”
8 And he grew up the child and he was weaned and he prepared Abraham a feast great on [the] day was weaned Isaac.
The child grew, and was cameled. Abraham [Father of a multitude] made a great feast on the day that Isaac [Laughter] was cameled.
9 And she saw Sarah [the] son of Hagar the Egyptian whom she had borne to Abraham mocking.
Sarah [Princess] saw the son of Hagar [Flight] the Egyptian [person from Abode of slavery], whom she had borne to Abraham [Father of a multitude], metzahek ·lewd and irreverent jokes·.
10 And she said to Abraham drive out the slave woman this and son her for not he will inherit [the] son of the slave woman this with son my with Isaac.
Therefore she said to Abraham [Father of a multitude], “Divorce and cast out this servant and her son! For the son of this servant will not be heir with my son, Isaac [Laughter].”
11 And it was displeasing the matter exceedingly in [the] eyes of Abraham on [the] causes of son his.
The thing was very grievous in Abraham [Father of a multitude]’s sight on account of his son.
12 And he said God to Abraham may not it be displeasing in view your on the lad and on slave woman your all that she says to you Sarah listen to voice her for in Isaac it will be named of you offspring.
God said to Abraham [Father of a multitude], “Don’t let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your servant. In all that Sarah [Princess] says to you, sh'ma ·hear obey· her voice. For your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac [Laughter].
13 And also [the] son of the slave woman into a nation I will make him for [is] offspring your he.
I will also make a nation of the son of the servant, because he is your child.”
14 And he rose early Abraham - in the morning and he took food and a skin of water and he gave [them] to Hagar placing on shoulder her and the boy and he sent away her and she went and she wandered in [the] wilderness of Beer Sheba.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar [Flight], putting it on her shoulder; and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Be'er-Sheva [Well of Seven, Well of an Oath].
15 And they were finished the water from the skin and she threw the boy under one of the bushes.
The water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
16 And she went and she sat for herself from before at a distance like [the] shooters of a bow for she said may not I look on [the] death of the boy and she sat from before and she lifted up voice her and she wept.
She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of the child.” She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
17 And he heard God [the] sound of the lad and he called [the] angel of God - to Hagar from the heavens and he said to her what? [is] to you O Hagar may not you be afraid for he has heard God [the] sound of the lad at where he [is] there.
God sh'ma ·heard obeyed· the voice of the boy. Ha mal'ak Elohim [The Angel of God] called to Hagar [Flight] out of the sky, and said to her, “What ails you, Hagar [Flight]? Don’t be afraid. For God has sh'ma ·hear obey· the voice of the boy where he is.
18 Arise lift up the lad and take hold hand your on him for into a nation great I will make him.
Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation.”
19 And he opened God eyes her and she saw a well of water and she went and she filled the skin water and she gave a drink to the lad.
God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled the bottle with water, and gave the boy drink.
20 And he was God with the lad and he grew up and he dwelt in the wilderness and he was a shooter a bowman.
God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.
21 And he dwelt in [the] wilderness of Paran and she took for him mother his a wife from [the] land of Egypt.
He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery].
22 And it was at the time that and he said Abimelech and Phicol [the] commander of army his to Abraham saying God [is] with you in all that you [are] doing.
At that time, Abimelech [My father king] and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham [Father of a multitude], saying, “God is with you in all that you do.
23 And therefore swear! to me by God here if you will deal falsely to me and to posterity my and to progeny my according to the loyalty which I have done with you you will do with me and with the land which you have sojourned in it.
Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son. But according to the chesed ·loving-kindness· that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner.”
24 And he said Abraham I I will swear.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] said, “I will swear.”
25 And he rebuked Abraham Abimelech on [the] causes of [the] well of water which they had seized [the] servants of Abimelech.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] complained to Abimelech [My father king] because of a water well, which Abimelech [My father king]’s servants had violently taken away.
26 And he said Abimelech not I know who? has he done the thing this and also you not you told to me and also I not I heard except this day.
Abimelech [My father king] said, “I don’t know who has done this thing. You didn’t tell me, and I didn’t sh'ma ·heard obeyed· of it until today.”
27 And he took Abraham sheep and cattle and he gave [them] to Abimelech and they made [the] two of them a covenant.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech [My father king]. Those two made a covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties·.
28 And he set Abraham seven ewe-lambs of the flock to alone them.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 And he said Abimelech to Abraham what? [are] they seven ewe-lambs these which you have set to alone them.
Abimelech [My father king] said to Abraham [Father of a multitude], “What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?”
30 And he said that seven ewe-lambs you will take from hand my in order that it may become for me a witness for I dug the well this.
He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.”
31 There-fore he called the place that Beer Sheba for there they swore an oath [the] two of them.
Therefore he called that place Be'er-Sheva [Well of Seven, Well of an Oath], because they both swore there.
32 And they made a covenant at Beer Sheba and he arose Abimelech and Phicol [the] commander of army his and they returned to [the] land of [the] Philistines.
So they made a covenant at Be'er-Sheva [Well of Seven, Well of an Oath]. Abimelech [My father king] rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines [To roll in dust (As an insult)].
33 And he planted a tamarisk tree in Beer Sheba and he called there on [the] name of Yahweh [the] God of perpetuity.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] planted a tamarisk tree in Be'er-Sheva [Well of Seven, Well of an Oath], and called there on the name of Adonai, the El 'Olam [God Everlasting].
34 And he sojourned Abraham in [the] land of [the] Philistines days many.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines [To roll in dust (As an insult)] many days.
