Genesis 21

1 Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.

2 So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.

3 And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.

4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

6 Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”

7 She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

8 So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.

9 But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,

10 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 Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.

12 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 But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”

14 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 When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.

16 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 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 Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

19 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 was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.

21 And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

22 At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.

23 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 replied, “I swear it.”

25 But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,

26 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 So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.

28 Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,

29 and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”

30 He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”

31 So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

32 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 planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.

34 And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

1 ¶ And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, [so that] all that hear will laugh with me.

7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born [him] a son in his old age.

8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the [same] day that Isaac was weaned.

9 ¶ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.

10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, [even] with Isaac.

11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.

12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he [is] thy seed.

14 ¶ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave [it] unto Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

16 And she went, and sat her down over against [him] a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against [him], and lift up her voice, and wept.

17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he [is].

18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

22 ¶ And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God [is] with thee in all that thou doest:

23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: [but] according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.

24 And Abraham said, I will swear.

25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I [of it], but to day.

27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What [mean] these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

30 And he said, For [these] seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.

32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

33 ¶ And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.

34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.

1 And the LORD sought Sarah home, as he had spoken, and did unto her as he had spoken.

2 And Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age about the time which God had spoken unto him.

3 And Abraham called his son's name, which was born unto him, Isaac, whom Sarah bare unto him,

4 And circumcised him on the eighth day, as God had commanded him.

5 An hundred years old was Abraham, when Isaac his son was born unto him.

6 And Sarah said, God hath prepared a laughter for me: for he that shall hear it shall laugh at me.

7 And said, Who shall say of Abraham, that Sarah bare children, and that she bare him a son in his old age?

8 And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast in the day that Isaac was weaned.

9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she bare unto Abraham, that he was a mocker,

10 And said unto Abraham, Cast out this maid with her son: for this maid's son shall not inherit with Isaac my son.

11 The word pleased Abraham very evil for his son's sake.

12 And God said unto him, Let not the lad and the maid offend thee. All that Sarah hath said unto thee, obey it. For in Isaac shall the seed be called unto thee.

13 I will also make the son of the maid a people, because he is thy seed.

14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and put it upon Hagar's shoulder, and the lad with her, and let her out. And she went and wandered in the wilderness by Beer-saba.

15 And when the water was out of the bottle, she cast the lad under a tree.

16 And she went and sat down over against him afar off, a bow shot's distance: for she said: I cannot watch the death of the boy. And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

17 And God heard the voice of the lad. And the angel of God called out of heaven unto Hagar, and said unto her, What is the matter, Hagar? Fear not: for God hath heard the voice of the lad as he lieth.

18 Arise, take the lad, and lead him by thy hand: for I will make him a great nation.

19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the bottle with water and watered the boy.

20 And God was with the lad; and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, and became a good shot;

21 And dwelt in the wilderness of Pharan. And his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

22 At that time Abimelech and Phichol the captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.

23 Now therefore swear unto me by GOD, that thou wilt not shew unfaithfulness unto me, nor unto my children, nor unto my nephews; but that thou wilt shew the mercy which I have shewed thee unto me, and to the land wherein thou art a stranger within.

24 And Abraham said, I will swear.

25 And Abraham punished Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's servants had taken by force.

26 And Abimelech said, I knew not who did this thing, neither didst thou tell me; neither did I hear it but to day.

27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and they made a covenant together.

28 And Abraham set apart seven lambs.

29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven lambs which thou hast set forth?

30 And he said, Seven lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

31 Therefore the name of the place is called Bersaba, because they sware there together.

32 And they made the covenant at Beer-saba. And Abimelech and Phichol the captain of his host arose, and went again into the land of the Philistines.

33 And Abraham planted trees at Beer-saba, and preached there of the name of the LORD God, the everlasting God.

34 And he was a stranger in the land of the Philistines a long time.