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Genesis 21
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 to him.
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
him.
5 And
Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son 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: for the
son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
11 And
the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.
12 And
God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous 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 she departed, 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
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 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 she went, and filled the
bottle with water, and gave 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 thee, thou shalt do 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 by themselves.
29 And
Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast
set by themselves?
30 And
he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be
a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
31
Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of
them.
32
Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the
chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
33 And
Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the Lord,
the everlasting God.
34 And
Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
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