Genesis 21

1¶ And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did with Sarah as he had spoken.

2For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

3And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

4And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old as God had commanded him.

5And Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born unto him.

6Then Sarah said, God has made me to laugh so that all that hear will laugh with me.

7And 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.

8And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great banquet the day that Isaac was weaned.

9¶ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had born unto Abraham, mocking.

10Therefore 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.

11And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.

12Then 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 has said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

13And also of the son of the bondwoman I will make a nation because he is thy seed.

14¶ So 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.

15And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under a tree.

16And she went and sat her down over against him a good way off as it were a bowshot; for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him and lifted up her voice and wept.

17And God heard the voice of the lad, and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven and said unto her, What ails thee, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.

18Arise, lift up the lad and hold him in thy hand, for I will make him a great nation.

19And 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.

20And God was with the lad, and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness and became an archer.

21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.

22¶ And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech and Phichol, the prince of his host, spoke unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.

23Now 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 mercy that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me and to the land in which thou hast sojourned.

24And Abraham said, I will swear.

25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech’s slaves had violently taken away.

26And Abimelech said, I know not who has done this thing; neither didst thou tell me, neither have I heard of it, but today.

27And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

28And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

29And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

30And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand that they may be a witness unto me that I have dug this well.

31Therefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they swore, both of them.

32Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba; then Abimelech rose up and Phichol, the prince 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 eternal God.

34And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.

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Genesis 21

CHAPTER 21

1Forsooth God visited Sarah, as he promised, and [ful] filled those things, that he spake.

2And she conceived, and childed a son in her eld age, in the time wherein God before-said to her.

3And Abraham called the name of his son, whom Sarah childed to him, Isaac.

4And Abraham circumcised him in the eighth day, as God commanded to him,

5when he was of an hundred years; for Isaac was born in this age of the father.

6And Sarah said, The Lord hath made laughing to me, and whoever shall hear shall laugh with me.

7And again she said, Who should hear, and believe to Abraham, that Sarah should give sucking to a son, whom she childed to him, when he is now an eld [or old] man?

8Therefore the child increased, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast in the day of his weaning.

9And when Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, playing, or doing idolatry, with Isaac her son,

10she said to Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of the handmaid shall not be heir with my son Isaac.

11Abraham took this heavily for his son;

12and God said to him, Be it not seen sharp to thee on the child, and on thine handmaid; all things which Sarah saith to thee, hear thou her voice, for in Isaac seed shall be called to thee;

13but also I shall make the son of the handmaid into a great folk, for he is thy seed.

14And so Abraham rose early, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and put it on Hagar’s shoulder, and he betook to her the child#21:14 Ishmael would be about 15 years old at this time., and let go her; and when she had gone, she went out of the way in the wilderness of Beersheba.

15And when the water in the bottle was ended, she cast away the child under a tree that was there;

16and she went away, and she sat even against, as far as a bow may cast; for she said, I shall not see the child dying; and she sat against, and raised [up] her voice, and wept.

17Forsooth the Lord heard the voice of the child, and the angel of the Lord called Hagar from heaven, and said, What doest thou, Hagar? do not thou dread, for God hath heard the voice of the child, from the place wherein he is.

18Rise thou, and take the child, and hold his hand; for I shall make him into a great folk.

19And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water, and she went, and filled the bottle, and she gave drink to the child;

20and God was with him, and he increased, and dwelled in wilderness, and he was made a young man an archer,

21and dwelled in the desert of Paran; and his mother took to him a wife of the land of Egypt.

22In the same time, Abimelech, and Phicol, prince of his host, said to Abraham, God is with thee in all things that thou doest;

23therefore swear thou by God that thou harm not me, and mine heirs, and my kindred; but by the mercy which I did to thee, do thou to me, and to the land in which thou livedest as a comeling.

24And Abraham said, I shall swear.

25And he blamed Abimelech for the well of water, which his servants took away by violence.

26And Abimelech answered, I wist not who did this thing, but also thou showedest not to me, and I heard not except today.

27And so Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave to Abimelech, and both smote together a bond of peace.

28And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock asides half.

29And Abimelech said to him, What will these seven ewe lambs mean to themselves, which thou madest stand asides half?

30And he said, Thou shalt take of mine hand seven ewe lambs, that those [or they] be into witnessing to me, for I digged this well.

31Therefore that place was called Beersheba, that is, The Well of the Oath#21:31 Beersheba also means ‘the Well of the Seven’., for ever either swore there;

32and they made bond of peace for the well of an oath. Forsooth Abimelech rose, and Phicol, the prince of his chivalry, and they turned again into the land of Palestines.

33Soothly Abraham planted a wood in Beersheba, and inwardly called there the name of [the] everlasting God;

34and he was an earth-tiller, or a comeling, of the land of Palestines in many days.

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