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Isaac Is Born
Then the LORD took note of Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah as He had promised.
Then the LORD took note of Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah as He had promised.
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.
So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.
And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the 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, Isaac.
And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
Now Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
And Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
Sarah said, “God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me.”
And Sarah said, God has made me laugh: all that hear will laugh with me.
And she said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
And she said, Who would have said to Abraham, Sarah will suckle children? For 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.
And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
Sarah Turns against Hagar
Now Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
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.
Therefore she said to Abraham, “Drive out this maid and her son, for the son of this maid shall not be an heir with my son Isaac.”
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.
The matter distressed Abraham greatly because of his son.
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.
But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed because of the lad and your maid; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her, for through Isaac your descendants shall be named.
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.
“And of the son of the maid I will make a nation also, because he is your descendant.”
But also the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin 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.
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.
When the water in the skin was used up, she left the boy under one of the bushes.
And the water was exhausted from the flask; and she cast the child under one of the shrubs,
Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away, for she said, “Do not let me see the boy die.” And she sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice and wept.
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.
God heard the lad crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter with you, Hagar? Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.
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.
“Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him by the hand, for I will make a great nation of him.”
Arise, take the lad, and hold him in thy hand; for I will make of him a great nation.
Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the skin with water and gave the lad a drink.
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.
God was with the lad, and he grew; and he lived in the wilderness and became an archer.
And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Covenant with Abimelech
Now it came about at that time that Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do;
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.
now therefore, swear 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.”
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.
But Abraham complained to Abimelech because of the well of water which the servants of Abimelech had seized.
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water that Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor did I hear of it until today.”
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.
Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant.
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
And 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?”
And Abimelech said to Abraham, What [mean] these seven ewe-lambs, these which thou hast set by themselves?
He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may be a witness to me, that I dug this well.”
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.
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath.
Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there they had sworn, both of them.
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.
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.
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.
And [Abraham] planted a tamarisk in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Eternal God.