Genesis 21
1 Yahweh paid attention to Sarah as he had said he would, and Yahweh did for Sarah just as he had promised.
And YHWH has looked after Sarah as He has said, and YHWH does to Sarah as He has spoken;
2 Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to 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 Abraham named his son, the one who had been born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
and Abraham calls the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah has borne to him—Isaac;
4 Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, just as God had commanded him.
and Abraham circumcises his son Isaac, [being] a son of eight days, as God has commanded him.
5 Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
And Abraham [is] a son of one hundred years in his son Isaac being born to him,
6 Sarah said, “God has made me laugh; every one who hears will laugh with me.”
and Sarah says, “God has made laughter for me; everyone who is hearing laughs for me.”
7 She also said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children, and yet I have borne him a son in 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 The child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
And the boy grows, and is weaned, and Abraham makes a great banquet in the day of Isaac’s being weaned;
9 Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
and Sarah sees the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she has borne to Abraham, mocking,
10 So she said to Abraham, “Drive out this slave woman and her son, for the son of this slave woman will not be heir 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 This thing was very grievous to Abraham because of his son.
And the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son’s sake;
12 But God said to Abraham, “Do not be grieved because of the lad, and because of your servant woman. Listen to her words in all she says to you about this matter, because it is through Isaac that your descendants will be named.
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 I will also make the son of the servant woman into a nation, because he is your descendant.”
As for the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he [is] your seed.”
14 Abraham rose up early in the morning, took bread and a skin of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder. He gave her the boy and sent her away. She departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
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 When the water in the waterskin was gone, she abandoned the child under one of the bushes.
and the water is consumed from the bottle, and she places the boy under one of the shrubs.
16 Then she went, and sat down a short distance from him, about the distance of a bowshot away, for she said, “Let me not look upon the death of the child.” As she sat there across from him, she lifted up her 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 God heard the voice of the lad, and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the lad 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 Get up, raise up the lad, and encourage him; for I will make him into a great nation.”
rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with your hand, for I set him for a great nation.”
19 Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went and filled the skin with water, and gave the lad a drink.
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 God was with the lad, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer.
and God is with the youth, and he grows, and dwells in the wilderness, and is an archer;
21 He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother got a wife for him from 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 It came about at that time that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do.
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 here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my offspring, nor with my descendants. Show to me and to the land in which you have been staying the same covenant faithfulness that I have shown to you.”
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 Abraham said, “I swear.”
And Abraham says, “I swear.”
25 Abraham also complained to Abimelech concerning a well of water that Abimelech's servants had seized from him.
And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants have violently taken away,
26 Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing. You did not tell me before now; I have not heard of it until today.”
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 So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.
And Abraham takes sheep and oxen, and gives to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;
28 Then Abraham set seven female lambs of the flock by themselves.
and Abraham sets seven lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 Abimelech said to Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven female lambs that you have set by themselves?”
And Abimelech says to Abraham, “What [are] they—these seven lambs which you have set by themselves?”
30 He replied, “These seven female lambs you will receive from my hand, so that it may be a witness for me, that I dug 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 So he called that place Beersheba, because there they both swore an oath.
therefore he has called that place “Beer-Sheba,” for both of them have sworn there.
32 They made a covenant at Beersheba, and then Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, returned to 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 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba. There he worshiped Yahweh, the eternal God.
and [Abraham] plants a tamarisk in Beer-Sheba, and preaches there in the Name of YHWH, the perpetual God;
34 Abraham remained as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines many days.
and Abraham sojourns in the land of the Philistines many days.
