Genesis 21 NLT ISV Parallel

◄ Genesis 21 ►

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1The LORD kept his word and did for Sarah exactly what he had promised.

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

2She 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.

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 named their son Isaac.

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

4Eight days after Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him as God had commanded.

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

5Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born.

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

6And Sarah declared, “God has brought me laughter. All who hear about this will laugh with me.

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

7Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse a baby? Yet I have given Abraham a son in his old age!” Hagar and Ishmael Are Sent Away

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!"

8When Isaac grew up and was about to be weaned, Abraham prepared a huge feast to celebrate the occasion.

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

9But Sarah saw Ishmael—the son of Abraham and her Egyptian servant Hagar—making fun of her son, Isaac.

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

10So 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!”

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!"

11This upset Abraham very much because Ishmael was his son.

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

12But 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.

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.

13But I will also make a nation of the descendants of Hagar’s son because he is your son, too.”

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

14So 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.

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.

15When the water was gone, she put the boy in the shade of a bush.

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 by herself about a hundred yards away. “I don’t want to watch the boy die,” she said, as she burst into tears.

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.

17But 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.

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.

18Go to him and comfort him, for I will make a great nation from his descendants.”

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

19Then 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.

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.

20And God was with the boy as he grew up in the wilderness. He became a skillful archer,

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

21and he settled in the wilderness of Paran. His mother arranged for him to marry a woman from the land of Egypt. Abraham’s Covenant with Abimelech

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

22About 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.

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

23“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.”

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?"

24Abraham replied, “Yes, I swear to it!”

24And Abraham replied, "I agree!"

25Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had taken by force from Abraham’s servants.

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

26“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.”

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."

27Abraham then gave some of his sheep, goats, and cattle to Abimelech, and they made a treaty.

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

28But Abraham also took seven additional female lambs and set them off by themselves.

28Then Abraham set aside seven ewe lambs,

29Abimelech asked, “Why have you set these seven apart from the others?”

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

30Abraham replied, “Please accept these seven lambs to show your agreement that I dug this well.”

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

31Then he named the place Beersheba (which means “well of the oath”), because that was where they had sworn the oath.

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

32After making their covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech left with Phicol, the commander of his army, and they returned home 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 at Beersheba, and there he worshiped the LORD, the Eternal God.

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

34And Abraham lived as a foreigner in Philistine country for a long time.

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

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