Genesis 21
1 And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken;
Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
2 and Sarah conceiveth, and beareth a son to Abraham, to his old age, at the appointed time that God hath spoken of 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 calleth the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah hath born to him — Isaac;
And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.
4 and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son, [being] a son of eight days, as God hath commanded him.
When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.
5 And Abraham [is] a son of a hundred years in Isaac his son being born to him,
Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
6 and Sarah saith, 'God hath made laughter for me; every one who is hearing laugheth for me.'
Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”
7 She saith also, 'Who hath said to Abraham, Sarah hath suckled sons, that I have born 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 lad groweth, and is weaned, and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac's being weaned;
So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.
9 and Sarah seeth the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she hath borne to Abraham, mocking,
But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,
10 and she saith to Abraham, 'Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of this handmaid hath no possession 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 thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son's sake;
Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.
12 and God saith unto Abraham, 'Let it not be wrong in thine eyes because of the youth, and because of thy handmaid: all that Sarah saith unto thee — hearken to her voice, for in Isaac is a seed called to thee.
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 As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he [is] thy seed.'
But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”
14 And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and taketh bread, and a bottle of water, and giveth unto Hagar (placing [it] on her shoulder), also the lad, and sendeth her out; and she goeth on, and goeth astray in the wilderness 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 is consumed from the bottle, and she placeth the lad under one of the shrubs.
When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.
16 And she goeth and sitteth by herself over-against, afar off, about a bow-shot, for she said, 'Let me not look on the death of the lad;' and she sitteth over-against, and lifteth up her voice, and weepeth.
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 heareth the voice of the youth; and the messenger of God calleth unto Hagar from the heavens, and saith to her, 'What to thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath hearkened unto the voice of the youth 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 rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set 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 openeth her eyes, and she seeth a well of water, and she goeth and filleth the bottle [with] water, and causeth the youth to drink;
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 God is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is 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 dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother taketh for him a wife from 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 cometh to pass at that time that Abimelech speaketh — Phichol also, head of his host — 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 and now, swear to me by God here: thou dost not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with thee thou dost with me, and with the land in which 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 saith, 'I — I do swear.'
And Abraham replied, “I swear it.”
25 And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech's servants have taken violently away,
But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
26 and Abimelech saith, 'I have not known who hath done this thing, and even thou didst not declare to me, and I also, I have not 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 taketh sheep and oxen, and giveth to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;
So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.
28 and Abraham setteth seven Lambs of the flock by themselves.
Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,
29 And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, 'What [are] they — these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?'
and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
30 And he saith, 'For — the seven lambs thou dost accept from my hand, so that it becometh a witness for me that I have 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 therefore hath he called that place 'Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn.
So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
32 And they make a covenant in Beer-Sheba, and Abimelech riseth — Phichol also, head of his host — and they turn back 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 and [Abraham] planteth a tamarisk in Beer-Sheba, and preacheth there in the name of Jehovah, God age-during;
And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.
34 and Abraham sojourneth in the land of the Philistines many days.
And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
