Genesis 21
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And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah
as He hath spoken; 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; 3 and Abraham calleth
the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah hath born to him--Isaac; 4
and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son, [being] a son
of eight days, as God hath commanded him. 5 And Abraham [is] a son of a hundred
years in Isaac his son being born to him, 6 and Sarah saith,
`God hath made laughter for me; every one who is
hearing laugheth for me.' 7 She saith
also, `Who hath said to Abraham, Sarah hath suckled sons, that I have born a
son for 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; 9 and Sarah seeth the son of
Hagar the Egyptian, whom she hath borne to Abraham, mocking, 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.' 11 And
the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son's sake; 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. 13 As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set
him, because he [is] thy seed.' 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; 15 and the water is consumed from the
bottle, and she placeth the lad under one of the
shrubs. 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. 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]; 18 rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand,
for for a great nation I set him.' 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; 20 and God is with the youth, and he groweth, and
dwelleth in the wilderness, and is an archer; 21 and
he dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran,
and his mother taketh for him a wife 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; 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.' 24 And Abraham saith,
`I--I do swear.' 25 And Abraham reasoned with
Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech's servants
have taken violently away, 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.' 27 And Abraham taketh sheep and
oxen, and giveth to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant; 28 and
Abraham setteth seven Lambs of the flock by
themselves. 29 And Abimelech saith unto Abraham,
`What [are] they--these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?' 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;' 31 therefore hath he called
that place *`Beer-Sheba,'
for there have both of them sworn. 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; 33
and [Abraham] planteth a tamarisk in Beer-Sheba, and preacheth there in the name of Jehovah, God age-during; 34
and Abraham sojourneth in the land of the Philistines
many days.