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The Birth of Isaac
And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did to Sarah as he had spoken.
And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did to Sarah as he had spoken.
The Birth of Isaac
The LORD kept his word and did for Sarah exactly what he had promised.
The LORD kept his word and did for Sarah exactly what he had promised.
And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.
She became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. This happened at just the time God had said it would.
And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
And Abraham named their son Isaac.
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
Eight days after Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him as God had commanded.
And Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born.
And Sarah said, God has made me laugh: all that hear will laugh with me.
And she said, Who would have said to Abraham, Sarah will suckle children? For I have borne [him] a son in his old age.
Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse a baby? Yet I have given Abraham a son in his old age!”
And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
Hagar and Ishmael Are Sent Away
When Isaac grew up and was about to be weaned, Abraham prepared a huge feast to celebrate the occasion.
Sarah Turns against Hagar
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
And she said to Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of this handmaid shall not inherit with my son -- with Isaac.
So she turned to Abraham and demanded, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son. He is not going to share the inheritance with my son, Isaac. I won’t have it!”
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.
This upset Abraham very much because Ishmael was his son.
And God said to Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad and because of thy handmaid: [in] all that Sarah hath said to thee hearken to her voice, for in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee.
But God told Abraham, “Do not be upset over the boy and your servant. Do whatever Sarah tells you, for Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted.
But also the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
But I will also make a nation of the descendants of Hagar’s son because he is your son, too.”
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a flask of water, and gave [it] to Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder -- and the child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
So Abraham got up early the next morning, prepared food and a container of water, and strapped them on Hagar’s shoulders. Then he sent her away with their son, and she wandered aimlessly in the wilderness of Beersheba.
And the water was exhausted from the flask; and she cast the child under one of the shrubs,
When the water was gone, she put the boy in the shade of a bush.
and she went and sat down over against [him], a bow-shot off; for she said, Let me not behold the death of the child. And she sat over against [him], and lifted up her voice and wept.
And God heard the voice of the lad. And the Angel of God called to Hagar from the heavens, and said to her, What [aileth] thee, Hagar? Fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad there, where he is.
But God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “Hagar, what’s wrong? Do not be afraid! God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.
Arise, take the lad, and hold him in thy hand; for I will make of him a great nation.
Go to him and comfort him, for I will make a great nation from his descendants.”
And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the flask with water, and gave the lad drink.
Then God opened Hagar’s eyes, and she saw a well full of water. She quickly filled her water container and gave the boy a drink.
And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
And God was with the boy as he grew up in the wilderness. He became a skillful archer,
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
and he settled in the wilderness of Paran. His mother arranged for him to marry a woman from the land of Egypt.
The Covenant at Beersheba
And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech, and Phichol the captain of his host, spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.
And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech, and Phichol the captain of his host, spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.
Abraham’s Covenant with Abimelech
About this time, Abimelech came with Phicol, his army commander, to visit Abraham. “God is obviously with you, helping you in everything you do,” Abimelech said.
And now swear to me here by God that thou wilt not deal deceitfully with me, nor with my son, nor with my grandson. According to the kindness that I have done to thee, thou shalt do to me, and to the land in which thou sojournest.
“Swear to me in God’s name that you will never deceive me, my children, or any of my descendants. I have been loyal to you, so now swear that you will be loyal to me and to this country where you are living as a foreigner.”
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water that Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had taken by force from Abraham’s servants.
And Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this, neither hast thou told me [of it], neither have I heard [of it] but to-day.
“This is the first I’ve heard of it,” Abimelech answered. “I have no idea who is responsible. You have never complained about this before.”
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
Abraham then gave some of his sheep, goats, and cattle to Abimelech, and they made a treaty.
And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.
But Abraham also took seven additional female lambs and set them off by themselves.
And Abimelech said to Abraham, What [mean] these seven ewe-lambs, these which thou hast set by themselves?
Abimelech asked, “Why have you set these seven apart from the others?”
And he said, That thou take the seven ewe-lambs of my hand, that they may be a witness to me that I have dug this well.
Abraham replied, “Please accept these seven lambs to show your agreement that I dug this well.”
Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there they had sworn, both of them.
Then he named the place Beersheba (which means “well of the oath”), because that was where they had sworn the oath.
And they made a covenant at Beer-sheba. And Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the captain of his host, and returned into the land of the Philistines.
After making their covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech left with Phicol, the commander of his army, and they returned home to the land of the Philistines.
And [Abraham] planted a tamarisk in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Eternal God.