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.