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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.
Isaac Is Born
And the Lord visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as He had spoken.
And the Lord visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for 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.
For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set 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.
Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
Now Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
Now Abraham was one 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 she said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
She also said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse 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.
Hagar and Ishmael Depart
So the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the same day that Isaac was weaned.
So the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the same 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.
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.”
Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, namely with Isaac.”
The matter distressed Abraham greatly 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.
But God said to Abraham, “Do not let it be displeasing in your sight because of the lad or because of your bondwoman. Whatever Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for in Isaac your seed shall be called.
“And of the son of the maid I will make a nation also, because he is your descendant.”
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.
When the water in the skin was used up, she left the boy under one of the bushes.
And the water in the skin was used up, and she placed the boy 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.
Then she went and sat down across from him at a distance of about a bowshot; for she said to herself, “Let me not see the death of the boy.” So she sat opposite him, and lifted 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. Then the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, “What ails you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.
“Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him by the hand, for I will make a great nation of him.”
Arise, lift up the lad and hold him with your hand, for I will make 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.
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.
God was with the lad, and he grew; and he lived in the wilderness and became an archer.
So God was with the lad; and he grew and 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.
He dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran; and his mother took a wife for him from 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;
A Covenant with Abimelech
And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech and Phichol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do.
And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech and Phichol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do.
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.”
But Abraham complained to Abimelech because of the well of water which the servants of Abimelech had seized.
Then Abraham rebuked Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants had seized.
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 thing; you did not tell me, nor had I heard of it until today.”
Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two 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?”
Then Abimelech asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have 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, “You will take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that they may be my witness that I have dug this well.”
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, 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.
Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba. So Abimelech rose with Phichol, the commander of his army, and they returned to 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.
Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.