aThen the LORD took
note
of Sarah
as He had said
, and the LORD
did
for Sarah
as He had 1promised
.
aSo Sarah conceived
and bore
a son
to Abraham
in his old
age
, at bthe appointed
time
of which
God
had spoken
to him.
Abraham called
the name
of his son
who was born
to him, whom
Sarah
bore
to him, aIsaac
.
Then Abraham circumcised
his son
Isaac
when he was aeight
days
old
, as God
had commanded
him.
Now Abraham was aone hundred
years
old
when his son
Isaac
was born
to him.
Sarah said
, "God
has made
alaughter
for me; everyone
who hears
will laugh
1with me."
And she said, " aWho
would have said
to Abraham
that Sarah
would nurse
children
? Yet
I have borne
him a son
in his old
age
."
The child grew
and was weaned
, and Abraham
made
a great
feast
on the day
that Isaac
was weaned
.
Now Sarah saw
athe son
of Hagar
the Egyptian
, whom
she had borne
to Abraham
, 1 bmocking
.
Therefore she said to Abraham
, " aDrive
out this
maid
and her son
, for the son
of this
maid
shall not be an heir
with my son
1Isaac
."
aThe matter 1distressed
Abraham
greatly
because
of his son
.
But God said
to Abraham
, " 1Do not be distressed
because
of the lad
and your maid
; whatever
Sarah
tells
you, listen
to her, for athrough
Isaac
2your descendants
shall be named
.
"And of athe son of the maid
I will make
a nation
also
, because
he is your 1descendant
."
So Abraham rose
early
in the morning
and took
bread
and a 1skin
of water
and gave
them to Hagar
, putting
them on her shoulder
, and gave her the boy
, and sent
her away
. And she departed
and wandered
about in the wilderness
of Beersheba
.
When the water in the skin
was used
up, she 1left
the boy
under
one
of the bushes
.
Then she went and sat
down
opposite
him, about a bowshot
away
, for she said
, "Do not let me 1see
the boy
die
." And she sat
opposite
him, and alifted
up her voice
and wept
.
God aheard
the lad
crying
; and the angel
of God
called
to Hagar
from heaven
and said
to her, "What
is the matter with you, Hagar
? bDo not fear
, for God
has heard
the voice
of the lad
where
he is.
"Arise, lift
up the lad
, and hold
him by 1the hand
, afor I will make
a great
nation
of him."
Then God aopened
her eyes
and she saw
ba well
of water
; and she went
and filled
the 1skin
with water
and gave
the lad
a drink
.
aGod was with the lad
, and he grew
; and he 1lived
in the wilderness
and became
an archer
.
aHe 1lived in the wilderness
of Paran
, and his mother
took
a wife
for him from the land
of Egypt
.
Now it came about at that time
that aAbimelech
and Phicol
, the commander
of his army
, spoke
to Abraham
, saying
, " bGod
is with you in all
that you do
;
now therefore, aswear
to me here
by God
that you will not deal
falsely
with me or with my offspring
or with my posterity
, but according to the kindness
that I have shown
to you, you shall show
to me and to the land
in which
you have sojourned
."
But Abraham 1complained
to Abimelech
because
of the well
of water
which
the servants
of Abimelech
ahad seized
.
And Abimelech said
, "I do not know
who
has done
this
thing
; you did not tell
me, nor
did I hear
of it 1until
today
."
Abraham took
sheep
and oxen
and gave
them to Abimelech
, and athe two
of them made
a covenant
.
Then Abraham set
seven
ewe
lambs
of the flock
by themselves
.
Abimelech said
to Abraham
, "What
do these
seven
ewe
lambs
mean, which
you have set
by themselves
?"
He said, "You shall take
these seven
ewe
lambs
from my hand
so
that it may be a awitness
to me, that I dug
this
well
."
Therefore he called
that place
aBeersheba
, because
there
the two
of them took
an oath
.
So they made a covenant
at Beersheba
; and Abimelech
and Phicol
, the commander
of his army
, arose
and returned
to the land
of the Philistines
.
Abraham planted a tamarisk
tree
at Beersheba
, and there
ahe called
on the name
of the LORD
, the bEverlasting
God
.
And Abraham sojourned
ain the land
of the Philistines
for many
days
.