And the LORD visited
Sarah
as he had said
, and the LORD
did
unto Sarah
as he had spoken
.
For Sarah conceived
, and bare
Abraham
a son
in his old age
, at the set time
of which God
had spoken
to him.
And Abraham called
the name
of his son
that was born
unto him, whom Sarah
bare
to him, Isaac
.
And Abraham circumcised
his son
Isaac
being eight
days
old
, as God
had commanded
him.
And Abraham was an hundred
years
old
, when his son
Isaac
was born
unto him.
And Sarah said
, God
hath made
me to laugh
, so that all that hear
will laugh
with me.
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
.
And the child grew
, and was weaned
: and Abraham
made
a great
feast
the same day
that Isaac
was weaned
.
And Sarah saw
the son
of Hagar
the Egyptian
, which she had born
unto Abraham
, mocking
.
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
.
And the thing was very
grievous
in Abraham's
sight
because
of his son
.
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
.
And also of the son of the bondwoman
will I make
a nation
, because he is thy seed
.
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
.
And the water was spent
in
the bottle
, and she cast
the child
under one
of the shrubs
.
And she went, 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
.
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 .
Arise, lift up
the lad
, and hold
him in thine hand
; for I will make
him a great
nation
.
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
.
And God was with the lad
; and he grew
, and dwelt
in the wilderness
, and became an archer
.
And he dwelt in the wilderness
of Paran
: and his mother
took
him a wife
out of the land
of Egypt
.
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
:
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
.
And Abraham said
, I will swear
.
And Abraham reproved
Abimelech
because
of a well
of water
, which Abimelech's
servants
had violently taken away
.
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
.
And Abraham took
sheep
and oxen
, and gave
them unto Abimelech
; and both of them
made
a covenant
.
And Abraham set
seven
ewe lambs
of the flock
by themselves.
And Abimelech said
unto Abraham
, What
mean these seven
ewe lambs
which thou hast set
by themselves?
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
.
Wherefore he called that place
Beersheba
; because there they sware
both of them
.
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
.
And Abraham planted a grove
in Beersheba
, and called
there on the name
of the LORD
, the everlasting
God
.
And Abraham sojourned
in the Philistines
' land
many
days
.