Genesis 21 NKJV ISV Parallel

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◄ Genesis 21 ►

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1And the LORD visited Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah as He had spoken.

1The LORD came to Sarah, just as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised.

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

2Sarah conceived and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age, at the very time that God had told him.

3And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him—whom Sarah bore to him—Isaac.

3Abraham named his son who was born to him Isaac—the very one whom Sarah bore for him!

4Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

4On the eighth day after his son Isaac had been born, Abraham circumcised him, just as God had commanded him.

5Now Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

5Abraham was 100 years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

6And Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and all who hear will laugh with me.”

6Now Sarah had said, "God has caused me to laugh, and all who hear about it will laugh with me."

7She also said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.”

7She also said, "Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse sons? Yet I have given birth to a son in my husband's old age!"

8So the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the same day that Isaac was weaned.

8The child grew and eventually was weaned, so Abraham threw a tremendous banquet on the very day Isaac was weaned.

9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, scoffing.

9Nevertheless, when Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian—whom Hagar had borne to Abraham—making fun of Isaac,

10Therefore 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.”

10she told Abraham, "Throw out this slave girl, along with her son, because this slave's son will never be a co-heir with my son Isaac!"

11And the matter was very displeasing in Abraham’s sight because of his son.

11Abraham was very troubled about what was being said about his son,

12But 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.

12but God told Abraham, "Don't be troubled about the youth and your slave girl. Pay attention to Sarah in everything she tells you, because your offspring are to be named through Isaac.

13Yet I will also make a nation of the son of the bondwoman, because he is your seed.”

13Nevertheless, I will make the slave girl's son into a nation, since he, too, is your offspring."

14So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water; and putting it on her shoulder, he gave it and the boy to Hagar, and sent her away. Then she departed and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.

14So early the next morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a leather bottle of water, gave them to Hagar, and placed them on her shoulder. He then sent her away, along with the child. She went off and roamed in the Beer-sheba wilderness.

15And the water in the skin was used up, and she placed the boy under one of the shrubs.

15Eventually, the water in the leather bottle ran out, so she placed the child under one of the bushes.

16Then 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.

16Then she went and sat by herself about a distance of a bowshot away, because she kept saying to herself, "I can't bear to watch the child die!" That's why she sat a short distance away, crying aloud and weeping.

17And 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.

17God heard the boy's voice, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven. He asked her, "What's wrong with you, Hagar? Don't be afraid, because God has heard the voice of the youth where he is.

18Arise, lift up the lad and hold him with your hand, for I will make him a great nation.”

18Get up! Pick up the youth and grab his hand, because I will make a great nation of his descendants."

19Then 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.

19Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went, filled the skin with water, and gave the boy a drink.

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

20God was with the boy as he grew up. He settled in the wilderness and became an expert archer.

21He dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran; and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

21Later he settled in the desert area of Paran, and his mother chose a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

22And 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.

22About that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, told Abraham, "God is with you in everything that you're doing.

23Now therefore, swear to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, with my offspring, or with my posterity; but that according to the kindness that I have done to you, you will do to me and to the land in which you have dwelt.”

23Therefore swear an oath here by God that you won't deal falsely with me, my sons, or my descendants. Just as I've dealt graciously with you, won't you do so with me and with the land in which you live as a foreigner?"

24And Abraham said, “I will swear.”

24And Abraham replied, "I agree!"

25Then Abraham rebuked Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants had seized.

25But then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well of water that Abimelech's servants had seized.

26And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor had I heard of it until today.”

26"I don't know who did this thing," Abimelech replied. "You didn't report this to me, and I didn't hear about it until today."

27So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant.

27So Abraham took sheep and oxen and presented them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant.

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

28Then Abraham set aside seven ewe lambs,

29Then Abimelech asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?”

29so Abimelech asked Abraham, "What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set aside?"

30And he said, “You will take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that they may be my witness that I have dug this well.”

30He replied, "You are to accept from me these seven ewe lambs as a witness that I have dug this well."

31Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

31Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba, because the two of them swore an oath.

32Thus 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.

32So after they had made a covenant in Beer-sheba, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, left and returned to Philistine territory.

33Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there called on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.

33Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD God Everlasting.

34And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines many days.

34After this, Abraham resided as a foreigner in Philistine territory for a long period of time.

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