Genesis Chapter 21

Genesis Chapter 21
1 Now the Lord visited Sarah, as he had
said, and did unto her according as he
had promised.
2 For Sarah conceived, and bear
Abraham a son in his old age, at the
same season that God told him.
3 And Abraham called his son’s name
that was born unto him, which Sarah
bear him, Isaac.
4 Then Abraham circumcised Isaac his
son, when he was eight days old, as God
had commanded him.
5 So Abraham was an hundred year old,
when his son Isaac was born unto him.
6 Then Sarah said, God hath made me to
rejoice: all that hear will rejoice with
me.
7 Again she said, Who would have said
to Abraham, that Sarah should have
given children suck? For I have born him
a son in his old age.
8 Then 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 Isaac. 11 And this
thing was very grievous in Abraham’s
sight, because of his son. 12 But God
said unto Abraham, Let it not be
grievous in thy sight for the child, and
for thy bondwoman: in all that Sarah
shall say unto thee, hear her voice: for in
Isaac shall thy seed be called.
13 As for the son of the bondwoman, I
will make him a nation also, because he
is thy seed.
14 So Abraham arose 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 also, and
sent her away: who departing wandered
in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. 15 And
when the water of the bottle was spent,
she cast the child under a certain tree.
16 Then she went and sat her over
against him afar off about a bow shoot:
for she said, I will not see the death of
the child. And she sat down over against
him, and lift up her voice and wept.
17 Then God heard the voice of the
child, and the angel of God called to
Hagar from heaven, and said unto her,
What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear not, for
God hath heard the voice of the child
where he is.
18 Arise, take up the child, and hold him
in thine hand: for I will make of him a
great people.
19 And God opened her eyes, and she
saw a well of water, so she went and
filled the bottle with water, and gave the
boy drink.
20 So God was with the child, and he
grew and dwelt in the wilderness, and
was 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 at that same time Abimelech and
Phichol his chief captain 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
hurt me, nor my children, nor my
children’s children: thou shalt deal with
me, and with the country, where thou
hast been a stranger, according unto the
kindness that I have showed thee.
24 Then Abraham said, I will swear.
25 And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for
a well of water, which Abimelech’s
servants had violently taken away.
26 And Abimelech said, I know not who
hath done this thing: also thou toldest me
not, neither heard I of it but this day.
27 Then Abraham took sheep and
beeves, and gave them unto Abimelech:
and they two made a covenant.
28 And Abraham set seven lambs of the
flock by themselves.
29 Then Abimelech said unto Abraham,
What mean these seven lambs, which
thou hast set by themselves?
30 And he answered, Because thou shalt
receive of mine hand these seven lambs,
that it may be a witness unto me, that I
have digged this well. 31 Wherefore the
place is called Beer-sheba, because
there they both swear. 32 Thus made
they a covenant at Beer-sheba: afterward
Abimelech and Phichol his chief captain
rose up, and turned again unto the land of
the Philistines.
33 And Abraham planted a grove in
Beer-sheba, and called there on the
Name of the Lord, the everlasting God.
34 And Abraham was a stranger in the
Philistines land a long season.