Genesis 21:1-28:9

Genesis 21:1-28:9

[1] And the LORD  visited  Sarah  as he had said,  and the LORD  did  unto Sarah  as he had spoken.  [2] For Sarah  conceived,  and bare  Abraham  a son  in his old age,  at the set time  of which God  had spoken  [3] And Abraham  called  the name  of his son  that was born  unto him, whom Sarah  bare  to him, Isaac.  [4] And Abraham  circumcised  his son  Isaac  being eight  days  old,  as God  had commanded  [5] And Abraham  was an hundred  years  old,  Isaac  was born  unto him. [6] And Sarah  said,  God  hath made  me to laugh,  so that all that hear  will laugh  with me. [7] And she said,  Who would have said  unto Abraham,  that Sarah  should have given children  suck?  for I have born  him a son  in his old age.  [8] And the child  grew,  and was weaned:  and Abraham  made  a great  feast  the same day  that Isaac  was weaned.  [9] And Sarah  saw  the son  of Hagar  the Egyptian,  which she had born  unto Abraham,  mocking.  [10] Wherefore she said  unto Abraham,  Cast out  this bondwoman  and her son:  of this bondwoman  shall not be heir  with my son,  even with Isaac.  [11] And the thing  was very  in Abraham's  sight  because  of his son.  [12] And God  said  unto Abraham,  in thy sight  because of the lad,  and because of thy bondwoman;  in all that Sarah  hath said  unto thee, hearken  unto her voice;  for in Isaac  shall thy seed  be called.  [13] And also of the son  of the bondwoman  will I make  a nation,  because he is thy seed.  [14] And Abraham  rose up early  in the morning,  and took  bread,  and a bottle  of water,  and gave  it unto Hagar,  putting  it on her shoulder,  and the child,  and sent her away:  and wandered  in the wilderness  of Beersheba.  [15] And the water  was spent  in  the bottle,  and she cast  the child  under one  of the shrubs.  [16] and sat her down  over against  him a good way off,  as it were a bowshot:  for she said,  Let me not see  the death  of the child.  And she sat  over against him, and lift up  her voice,  and wept.  [17] And God  heard  the voice  of the lad;  and the angel  of God  called  to Hagar  out of heaven,  and said  unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar?  fear  not; for God  hath heard  the voice  of the lad  where he is. [18] Arise,  lift up  the lad,  and hold  him in thine hand;  for I will make  him a great  nation.  [19] And God  opened  her eyes,  and she saw  a well  of water;  and filled  the bottle  with water,  the lad  drink.  [20] And God  was with the lad;  and he grew,  and dwelt  in the wilderness,  and became an archer.  [21] And he dwelt  in the wilderness  of Paran:  and his mother  took  him a wife  out of the land  of Egypt.  [22] And it came to pass at that time,  that Abimelech  and Phichol  the chief captain  of his host  spake  unto Abraham,  saying,  God  is with thee in all that thou doest:  [23] Now therefore swear  unto 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  unto me, and to the land  wherein thou hast sojourned.  [24] And Abraham  said,  I will swear.  [25] And Abraham  reproved  Abimelech  because  of a well  of water,  which Abimelech's  servants  had violently taken away.  [26] And Abimelech  said,  I wot  not who hath done  this thing:  neither  didst thou tell  me, neither  yet heard  I of it, but  to day.  [27] And Abraham  took  sheep  and oxen,  and gave  them unto Abimelech;  and both of them  made  a covenant.  [28] And Abraham  set  seven  ewe lambs  of the flock