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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.
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.
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.
For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
And Abraham named their son Isaac.
Eight days after Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him as God had commanded.
Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born.
Now Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse a baby? Yet I have given Abraham 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.”
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.
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.
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!”
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.”
This upset Abraham very much because Ishmael was his son.
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 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.
But I will also make a nation of the descendants of Hagar’s son because he is your son, too.”
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.
When the water was gone, she put the boy in the shade of a bush.
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 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.
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.
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.
Go to him and comfort him, for I will make a great nation from his descendants.”
Arise, lift up the lad and hold him with your hand, for I will make him a great nation.”
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.
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 was with the boy as he grew up in the wilderness. He became a skillful archer,
So God was with the lad; and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
and he settled in the wilderness of Paran. His mother arranged for him to marry a woman 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.
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.
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.
“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.”
Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had taken by force from Abraham’s servants.
Then Abraham rebuked Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants had seized.
“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 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 then gave some of his sheep, goats, and cattle to Abimelech, and they made a treaty.
But Abraham also took seven additional female lambs and set them off by themselves.
And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
Abimelech asked, “Why have you set these seven apart from the others?”
Then Abimelech asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?”
Abraham replied, “Please accept these seven lambs to show your agreement 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.”
Then he named the place Beersheba (which means “well of the oath”), because that was where they had sworn the oath.
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.
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.
Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.