Genesis 21
1 Yahweh was very kind to Sarah, just as he said he would be. He did for Sarah exactly what he promised to do.
The lorde visyted Sara as he had sayde and dyd vnto her acordynge as he had spoken.
2 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Abraham when he was very old, at the time God promised it would happen.
And Sara was with childe and bare Abraha a sonne in his olde age euen the same season which the LORde had appoynted.
3 Abraham gave the name ‘Isaac’ (which means ‘he laughs’) to the son Sarah gave birth to.
And Abraham called his sonnes name that was borne vnto him which Sara bare him Isaac:
4 Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when his son was eight days old, just as God commanded him to do.
and Abra circucysed Isaac his sone whe he was. viij. dayes olde as God commaunded him
5 Abraham was 100 years old when his son Isaac was born.
And Abraha was an hundred yere olde when his sonne Isaac was borne vnto him.
6 And Sarah said, “[Although I was sad before because I did not have any children], God has now enabled me to laugh, and everyone who hears about what God has done for me will laugh with me.”
And Sara sayde: God hath made me a laughinge stocke: for all yt heare will laugh at me
7 Then she also said, “No one would have said to Abraham that some day Sarah would nurse a child, but I have given birth to a son when Abraham is very old.”
She sayde also: who wolde haue sayde vnto Abraham that Sara shulde haue geuen childern sucke or yt I shulde haue borne him a sonne in his olde age:
8 The baby grew and was weaned [when he was about three years old]. On that day, Abraham prepared a large feast to celebrate.
The childe grewe and was wened and Abraham made a great feast the same daye that Isaac was wened.
9 ([One day/During the feast)] Sarah noticed that Hagar’s son Ishmael was (making fun of/playing with) Isaac.
Sara sawe the sonne of Hagar the Egiptian which she had borne vnto Abraham a mockynge.
10 So she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman from Egypt and her son! I do not want the son of that slave woman to be alone (OR, to be an heir along with) my son, Isaac!”
Then she sayde vnto Abraham: put awaye this bondemayde and hyr sonne: for the sonne of this bondwoman shall not be heyre with my sonne Isaac:
11 Abraham was very distressed about the matter, because he was concerned about his son [Ishmael].
But the wordes semed verey greavous in Abrahams syghte because of his sonne.
12 But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about your son, Ishmael, and about your maidservant, Hagar. Do everything that Sarah tells you to do. Listen to her, because Isaac is the one who will be considered the ancestor of the descendants I promised to give you.
Than the LORde sayde vnto Abraham: let it not be greavous vnto the because of the ladd and of thy bondmayde: But in all that Sara hath saide vnto the heare hir voyce for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
13 But I will also cause the son of your maidservant to be the ancestor of the people of a great nation [MTY], because he is also your son.”
Moreouer of the sonne of the Bondwoman will I make a nation because he is thy seed.
14 So Abraham got up early the next morning. He got some food ready, put water in a container, and gave them to Hagar. He put them [in a bag] on her shoulder and sent them away. They wandered in the desert near Beersheba [town].
And Abraham rose vp early in the mornyng and toke brede and a bottell with water and gaue it vnto Hagar puttynge it on hir shulders wyth the lad also and sent her awaye. And she departed and wadred vpp and doune in the wyldernes of Berseba.
15 After they had drunk all the water in the container, she put her son under one of the bushes there.
When the water was spent that was in the botell she cast the lad vnder a bush
16 Then she went and sat nearby, about (as far as someone can shoot an arrow/100 meters away), because she thought, “I cannot endure seeing my son die!” As she sat there, she began to cry [loudly] [MTY].
and went and satt her out of syghte a great waye as it were a bowshote off: For she sayde: I will not se the lad dye. And she satt doune out of syghte and lyfte vp hyr voyce and wepte.
17 [The boy was crying too.] And God heard the boy crying. So he caused one of his angels to call out from heaven to Hagar, saying, “Hagar, are you worried about something? Do not be afraid, because God has heard the boy crying there.
And God herde the voyce of the childe. And the angell of God called Hagar out of heaven and sayde vnto her: What ayleth the Hagar? Feare not for God hath herde the voyce of the childe where he lyeth.
18 Help your son up, and hold his hand as you leave, because I will cause his descendants to become a great nation.”
Aryse and lyfte vp the lad and take hym in thy hande for I will make off him a greate people.
19 Then God showed her a well of water. So she went to the well and filled the container with water, and gave the boy a drink.
And God opened hir eyes and she sawe a well of water. And she went and fylled the bottell with water and gaue the boye drynke.
20 God helped the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became a good (archer/man who hunts with bow and arrows).
And God was wyth the lad and he grewe and dweld in the wildernesse and became an archer.
21 He lived in Paran Desert. While e was there, Hagar got a wife for him from Egypt.
And he dweld in the wyldernesse of Pharan. And hys mother gott him a wyfe out of the land of Egypte.
22 At that time, [King] Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, “It is clear that God helps you with everything that you do.
And it chaunced the same season that Abimelech and Phicoll his chefe captayne spake vnto Abraham saynge: God is wyth the in all that thou doist.
23 So now (solemnly promise/swear) to me here, as God is listening, that you will (not deceive/act fairly to) me and my children and my descendants, in return for my being kind to you. Be kind to me and to all the people here in the country where you are now living.”
Now therfore swere vnto me even here by God that thou wylt not hurt me nor my childern nor my childerns childern. But that thou shalt deale with me and the contre where thou art a straunger acordynge vnto the kyndnesse that I haue shewed the.
24 So Abraham promised to do that.
Then sayde Abraham: I wyll swere.
25 [Then] Abraham complained to Abimelech about one of Abraham’s wells that Abimelech’s servants had seized.
And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a well of water which Abimelech servauntes had taken awaye.
26 But Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done that. You did not tell me previously, and I did not hear about it until today.”
And Abimelech answered I wyst not who dyd it: Also thou toldest me not nether herde I of it but this daye.
27 So Abraham brought some sheep and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a (treaty/peace agreement).
And Abraham toke shepe and oxen and gaue them vnto Abimelech. And they made both of them a bonde together.
28 Abraham separated seven female lambs from his flock.
And Abraham sett vij. lambes by them selues.
29 Abimelech asked Abraham, “What are these seven female lambs that you have separated from the rest of your flock?”
And Abimelech sayde vnto Abraham: what meane these. vij. lamdes which thou hast sett by them selues.
30 Abraham replied, “I want you truly to accept these female lambs from me [SYN], so that it may be a (public witness/proof) that this well belongs to me because I dug it.”
And he answered: vij. lambes shalt thou take of my hande that it maye be a wytnesse vnto me that I haue dygged this well:
31 So Abimelech accepted the animals, and as a result they called that place Beersheba, [which means ‘Friendship Agreement Well’, ] because there the two of them made that agreement.
Wherfore the place is called Berseba because they sware both of them.
32 After they made the agreement at Beersheba, Abimelech and his army commander, Phicol, left, and returned to the land of the Philistine people-group.
Thus made they a bonde to gether at Berseba. Than Abimelech and Phicoll his chefe captayne rose vp and turned agayne vnto the lande of the Philistines.
33 Abraham planted a (tamarisk tree/kind of tree called esel) there, and he worshiped the eternal God there.
And Abraham planted a wodd in Berseba and called there on the name of the LORde the everlastynge God:
34 Abraham lived in the land of the Philistine people-group for a long time.
and dwelt in the Phelistinlade alonge season
