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And Jehovah visited Sarah, as◦ He had said; and Jehovah did to Sarah as◦ He had spoken.
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And Sarah conceived and gave··birth··to a son for Abraham for his old··age, at◦ the appointed··time, of which God had spoken with◦ him.
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And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, to whom Sarah gave··birth for him, Isaac.
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And Abraham circumcised Isaac his son, a son of eight days, as◦ God had commanded him.
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And Abraham was a son of a hundred years when Isaac his son was··born to him.
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And Sarah said, God has made laughter for me, everyone that hears will laugh with me.
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And she said, Who would have stated◦ to Abraham, Sarah shall nurse sons? For I have given··birth to a son for his old··age.
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And the child was growing··up, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast, on◦ the day when Isaac was weaned.
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And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian◦, whom she had borne▫ to Abraham, mocking*.
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And she said to Abraham, Drive··out this maidservant and her son; for the son of this maidservant shall not possess with my son, with Isaac.
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And the word was· exceedingly ·evil in the eyes of Abraham, on account◦ of his son.
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And God said to▵ Abraham, Let it not be··evil in thine eyes on··account··of the lad, and on··account··of thy maidservant; all that Sarah says to▵ thee, hearken to her voice, for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
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And also the son of the maidservant I will set for 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 them to▵ Hagar, and set them on her shoulder, and the child, and sent· her ·away; and she went and strayed in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
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And the water was··all··gone from the bottle◦, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
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And she went and sat by herself, withdrawing herself a distance of about◦ a bowshot from his presence; for she said, Let me not see the death of the child; and she sat away from his presence; and she lifted up 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 the heavens, and said to her, What ails thee, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad, where he◦ is.
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Arise, lift the lad, and make· thy hand ·firm with him, for I will set him for 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 was growing··up, and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became a shooter◦ of the bow.
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And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took for him a wife from the land of Egypt.
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And it was at that◦ time, that Abimelech and Phichol the commander◦ of his army said to▵ Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou◦ art doing.
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And now promise to me here◦ by God, that thou wilt not▫ do··falsely to me, nor◦ to my son▵, nor◦ to my grandson; according··to the mercy that I have done with thee, thou shalt do with··me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.
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And Abraham said, I▵ will promise.
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And Abraham reproved Abimelech, on account◦ of the well of waters which Abimelech’s servants had taken··by··robbery.
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And Abimelech said, I know not who has done this thing, and even thou◦ didst not tell me, and even I▵ did not hear of it, until today.
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And Abraham took flock and herd, and gave to Abimelech, and the two of them cut a covenant.
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And Abraham stood◦ seven ewe-lambs of the flock by··themselves.
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And Abimelech said to▵ Abraham, What are these◦ seven ewe-lambs, these which thou hast stood◦ by themselves?
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And he said, For these seven ewe-lambs thou shalt take from my hand, so··that◦ it may be a testimony for me that I have dug this well.
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Therefore he called that◦ place Beer-sheba*, for there the two of them promised.
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And they cut a covenant in Beer-sheba; and Abimelech arose, and Phichol the commander◦ of his army, and they returned to▵ the land of the Philistines.
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And he planted a grove◦ in Beer-sheba, and called there on◦ the name of Jehovah, the God◦ of eternity.
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And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
