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And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said , and the LORD did to Sarah as he had spoken .
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For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
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And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac .
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And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac , being eight days old , as God had commanded him.
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And Abraham was a hundred years old , when his son Isaac was born to him.
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And Sarah said , God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
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And she said , Who would have said to Abraham , that Sarah shall nurse children ? for I have borne him a son in his old age.
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And the child grew, and was weaned : and Abraham made a great feast the day that Isaac was weaned .
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And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had borne to Abraham , mocking.
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Wherefore, she said to Abraham , Cast out this bond-woman, and her son : for the son of this bond-woman shall not be heir with my son , even with Isaac .
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And the thing was very grievous in Abraham 's sight , because of his son .
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And God said to Abraham , Let it not be grievous in thy sight , because of the lad , and because of thy bond-woman; in all that Sarah hath said to thee, hearken to her voice : for in Isaac shall thy seed be called .
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And also of the son of the bond-woman will I make a nation , because he is thy seed .
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And Abraham rose early in the morning , and took bread , and a bottle of water , and gave it to Hagar (putting it on her shoulder) and the child, and sent her away; and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
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And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
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And she went, and sat her down over against him, a good way off, as it were a bow -shot: for she said , Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and raised her voice , and wept .
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And God heard the voice of the lad : and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven , and said to her, What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not ; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
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Arise , lift up the lad , and hold him in thy hand : for I will make him a great nation .
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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.
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And God was with the lad ; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness , and became an archer .
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And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran : and his mother took for him a wife out of the land of Egypt .
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And it came to pass at that time , that Abimelech , and Phichol the chief captain of his host , spoke to Abraham , saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
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Now therefore swear to 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 to thee, thou shalt do to me, and to the land in which thou hast sojourned .
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And Abraham said , I will swear .
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And Abraham reproved Abimelech , because of a well of water , which Abimelech 's servants had violently taken away.
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And Abimelech said , I know not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet have I heard of it, but to-day .
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And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech : and both of them made a covenant.
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And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.
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And Abimelech said to Abraham , What mean these seven ewe-lambs, which thou hast set by themselves?
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And he said , For these seven ewe-lambs shalt thou take from my hand , that they may be a witness to me, that I have digged this well .
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Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba : because there they swore both of them.
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Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: Then Abimelech arose, and Phichol the chief captain of his host , and they returned into the land of the Philistines .
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And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba , and called there on the name of the LORD , the everlasting God.
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And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days .