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Genesis 21:17 (NIV)

God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.

Genesis 21:18 (NIV)

Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

Genesis 21:19 (NIV)

Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

Genesis 21:20 (NIV)

God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer.

Genesis 21:21 (NIV)

While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.

Genesis 21:22 (NIV)

At that time Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces said to Abraham, “God is with you in everything you do.

Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants. Show to me and the country where you now reside as a foreigner the same kindness I have shown to you.”

Genesis 21:24 (NIV)

Abraham said, “I swear it.”

Genesis 21:25 (NIV)

Then Abraham complained to Abimelek about a well of water that Abimelek’s servants had seized.

Genesis 21:26 (NIV)

But Abimelek said, “I don’t know who has done this. You did not tell me, and I heard about it only today.”

Genesis 21:27 (NIV)

So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelek, and the two men made a treaty.

Genesis 21:28 (NIV)

Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs from the flock,

Genesis 21:29 (NIV)

and Abimelek asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?”

Genesis 21:30 (NIV)

He replied, “Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well.”

Genesis 21:31 (NIV)

So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.

Genesis 21:32 (NIV)

After the treaty had been made at Beersheba, Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces returned to the land of the Philistines.

Genesis 21:33 (NIV)

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord , the Eternal God.

Genesis 21:34 (NIV)

And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

Genesis 22:2 (NIV)

Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.”

Genesis 22:3 (NIV)

Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about.

Genesis 22:4 (NIV)

On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

Genesis 22:5 (NIV)

He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.”

Genesis 22:6 (NIV)

Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together,

Genesis 22:7 (NIV)

Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?” “Yes, my son?” Abraham replied. “The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

Genesis 22:8 (NIV)

Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.