21:1 Now the LORD was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised.
21:2 Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him.
21:3 Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him.
21:4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God commanded him.
21:5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
21:6 Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”
21:7 And she added, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
21:8 The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast.
21:9 But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking,
21:10 and she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.”
21:11 The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son.
21:12 But God said to him, “Do not be so distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.
21:13 I will make the son of the maidservant into a nation also, because he is your offspring.”
21:14 Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the desert of Beersheba.
21:15 When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes.
21:16 Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she thought, “I cannot watch the boy die.” And as she sat there nearby, she began to sob.
21:17 God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.
21:18 Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
21:19 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.
21:20 God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer.
21:21 While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.
21:22 At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his forces said to Abraham, “God is with you in everything you do.
21:23 Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants. Show to me and the country where you are living as an alien the same kindness I have shown to you.”
21:24 Abraham said, “I swear it.”
21:25 Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well of water that Abimelech’s servants had seized.
21:26 But Abimelech said, “I don’t know who has done this. You did not tell me, and I heard about it only today.”
21:27 So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a treaty.
21:28 Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs from the flock,
21:29 and Abimelech asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?”
21:30 He replied, “Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well.”
21:31 So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.
21:32 After the treaty had been made at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his forces returned to the land of the Philistines.
21:33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.
21:34 And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
21:1 And Jehovah visited Sarah as He had said, and Jehovah did to Sarah as He had promised.
21:2 And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.
21:3 And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
21:4 And Abraham circumcised Isaac his son when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
21:5 And Abraham was a hundred years old when Isaac his son was born to him.
21:6 And Sarah said, God has made me laugh; everyone who hears will laugh with me.
21:7 And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.
21:8 And the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
21:9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
21:10 So she said to Abraham, Cast out this maidservant and her son, for the son of this maidservant shall not inherit with my son Isaac.
21:11 And the matter displeased Abraham greatly on account of his son.
21:12 And God said to Abraham, Do not be displeased on account of the boy and on account of your maidservant. Whatever Sarah says to you, listen to her voice, for in Isaac shall your seed be called.
21:13 And of the son of the maidservant I will also make a nation, because he is your seed.
21:14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning and took bread and a waterskin full of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and gave her the child and sent her away. And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
21:15 When the water in the waterskin was finished, she cast the child under one of the bushes.
21:16 And she went and sat herself down opposite him, a fair distance away, about a bowshot away, for she said, Do not let me look upon the death of the child. And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept.
21:17 And God heard the voice of the boy. 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 boy where he is.
21:18 Rise up; lift up the boy, and hold him with your hand, for I will make of him a great nation.
21:19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the waterskin with water and gave the boy a drink.
21:20 And God was with the boy, and he grew. And he dwelt in the wilderness and became an archer.
21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
21:22 And at that time Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with you in all that you do.
21:23 Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity. According to the kindness that I have shown to you, you shall do to me and to the land in which you have sojourned.
21:24 And Abraham said, I swear it.
21:25 And Abraham confronted Abimelech concerning the well of water which Abimelech s servants had taken by force.
21:26 And Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this thing; and you did not tell me about it, nor have I even heard of it until today.
21:27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech. And the two of them made a covenant.
21:28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
21:29 And Abimelech said to Abraham, What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?
21:30 And he said, These seven ewe lambs you shall take from my hand, that it may be a witness for me that I dug this well.
21:31 Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.
21:32 So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba; and Abimelech rose up with Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
21:33 And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and there he called on the name of Jehovah, the Eternal God.
21:34 And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.