Genesis 21

¹ And JehovahJehovah visitedvisited SarahSarah, as^◦ He had saidsaid; and JehovahJehovah did to SarahSarah as^◦ He had spokenspoken.

² And SarahSarah conceived and gave·​·birthbirth·​·to a sonson for AbrahamAbraham for his oldold·​·age, at^◦ the appointed·​·time, of which GodGod had spokenspoken with^◦ him.

³ And AbrahamAbraham calledcalled the namename of his sonson who was bornborn to him, to whom SarahSarah gave·​·birthbirth for him, IsaacIsaac.

⁴ And AbrahamAbraham circumcisedcircumcised IsaacIsaac his sonson, a sonson of eighteight daysdays, as^◦ GodGod had commandedcommanded him.

⁵ And AbrahamAbraham was a sonson of a hundredhundred years when IsaacIsaac his sonson was·​·bornborn to him.

⁶ And SarahSarah saidsaid, GodGod has made laughterlaughter for me, everyone that hearshears will laugh with me.

⁷ And she saidsaid, Who would have stated^◦ to AbrahamAbraham, SarahSarah shall nursenurse sons? For I have given·​·birthbirth to a sonson for his oldold·​·age.

⁸ And the child was growing·​·up, and was weanedweaned; and AbrahamAbraham made a greatgreat feastfeast, on^◦ the dayday when IsaacIsaac was weanedweaned.

⁹ And SarahSarah sawsaw the sonson of HagarHagar the Egyptian^◦, whom she had borne^▫ to AbrahamAbraham, mocking^*.

¹⁰ And she saidsaid to AbrahamAbraham, Drive·​·out this maidservantmaidservant and her sonson; for the sonson of this maidservantmaidservant shall not possess with my sonson, with IsaacIsaac.

¹¹ And the wordword was· exceedingly ·evil in the eyeseyes of AbrahamAbraham, on account^◦ of his sonson.

¹² And GodGod saidsaid to^▵ AbrahamAbraham, Let it not be·​·evil in thine eyeseyes on·​·account·​·of the ladlad, and on·​·account·​·of thy maidservantmaidservant; all that SarahSarah sayssays to^▵ thee, hearkenhearken to her voicevoice, for in IsaacIsaac shall thy seedseed be calledcalled.

¹³ And also the sonson of the maidservantmaidservant I will set for a nationnation, because^◦ he^◦ is thy seedseed.

¹⁴ And AbrahamAbraham roserose·​·earlyearly in the morningmorning, and took breadbread, and a bottle^◦ of waterwater, and gave them to^▵ HagarHagar, and set them on her shoulder, and the child, and sentsent· her ·away; and she went and strayed in the wildernesswilderness of Beer-sheba.

¹⁵ And the waterwater was·​·all·​·gone from the bottle^◦, and she cast the child underunder oneone of the shrubs.

¹⁶ And she went and satsat by herself, withdrawing herself a distance of about^◦ a bowshot from his presence; for she saidsaid, Let me not seesee the death of the child; and she satsat away from his presence; and she liftedlifted up her voicevoice, and weptwept.

¹⁷ And GodGod heardheard the voicevoice of the ladlad, and the angelangel of GodGod calledcalled to^▵ HagarHagar out·​·of the heavensheavens, and saidsaid to her, What ails thee, HagarHagar? Fear notFear not, for GodGod has heardheard the voicevoice of the ladlad, where he^◦ is.

¹⁸ AriseArise, liftlift the ladlad, and make· thy handhand ·firm with him, for I will set him for a greatgreat nationnation.

¹⁹ And GodGod openedopened^◦ her eyeseyes, and she sawsaw a wellwell of waterwater, and she went and filledfilled the bottle^◦ with waterwater, and gave· the ladlad ·drink^◦.

²⁰ And GodGod was with^◦ the ladlad, and he was growing·​·up, and he dweltdwelt in the wildernesswilderness, and became a shooter^◦ of the bowbow.

²¹ And he dweltdwelt in the wildernesswilderness of ParanParan; and his mothermother took for him a wifewife from the landland of EgyptEgypt.

²² And it was at that^◦ timetime, that AbimelechAbimelech and Phichol the commandercommander^◦ of his armyarmy saidsaid to^▵ AbrahamAbraham, saying, GodGod is with thee in all that thou^◦ art doing.

²³ And now promise to me here^◦ by GodGod, that thou wilt not^▫ do·​·falsely to me, nor^◦ to my son^▵, nor^◦ to my grandson; according·​·to the mercymercy that I have done with thee, thou shalt do with·​·me, and with the landland in which thou hast sojournedsojourned.

²⁴ And AbrahamAbraham saidsaid, I^▵ will promise.

²⁵ And AbrahamAbraham reproved AbimelechAbimelech, on account^◦ of the wellwell of waters which AbimelechAbimelech’s servantsservants had taken·​·by·​·robbery.

²⁶ And AbimelechAbimelech saidsaid, I knowknow not who has done this thing, and even thou^◦ didst not telltell me, and even I^▵ did not hearhear of it, until todaytoday.

²⁷ And AbrahamAbraham took flockflock and herdherd, and gave to AbimelechAbimelech, and the twotwo of them cut a covenant.

²⁸ And AbrahamAbraham stood^◦ sevenseven ewe-lambs of the flockflock by·​·themselves.

²⁹ And AbimelechAbimelech saidsaid to^▵ AbrahamAbraham, What are these^◦ sevenseven ewe-lambs, these which thou hast stood^◦ by themselves?

³⁰ And he saidsaid, For these sevenseven ewe-lambs thou shalt take from my handhand, so·​·that^◦ it may be a testimony for me that I have dugdug this wellwell.

³¹ Therefore he calledcalled that^◦ placeplace Beer-shebaBeer-sheba^*, for there the twotwo of them promised.

³² And they cut a covenant in Beer-sheba; and AbimelechAbimelech arose, and Phichol the commandercommander^◦ of his armyarmy, and they returnedreturned to^▵ the landland of the PhilistinesPhilistines.

³³ And he plantedplanted a grove^◦ in Beer-shebaBeer-sheba, and calledcalled there on^◦ the namename of JehovahJehovah, the God^◦ of eternityeternity.

³⁴ And AbrahamAbraham sojournedsojourned in the landland of the PhilistinesPhilistines manymany daysdays.