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1 The LORD came to Sarah, just as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised. The LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had promised. Now the LORD was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised.
2 Sarah conceived and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age, at the very time that God had told him. And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him. Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him.
3 Abraham named his son who was born to him Isaac—the very one whom Sarah bore for him! Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore him, Isaac. Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him.
4 On the eighth day after his son Isaac had been born, Abraham circumcised him, just as God had commanded him. And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God commanded him.
5 Abraham was 100 years old when his son Isaac was born to him. Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
6 Now Sarah had said, |God has caused me to laugh, and all who hear about it will laugh with me.| And Sarah said, “God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me.” Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”
7 She 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!| And she said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.” And she added, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
8 The child grew and eventually was weaned, so Abraham threw a tremendous banquet on the very day Isaac was weaned. And the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast.
9 Nevertheless, when Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian—whom Hagar had borne to Abraham—making fun of Isaac, But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing. But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking,
10 she 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!| So she said to Abraham, “Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.” and she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.”
11 Abraham was very troubled about what was being said about his son, And the thing was very displeasing to Abraham on account of his son. The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son.
12 but 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. But God said to Abraham, “Be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman. Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your offspring be named. But God said to him, “Do not be so distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.
13 Nevertheless, I will make the slave girl's son into a nation, since he, too, is your offspring.| And I will make a nation of the son of the slave woman also, because he is your offspring.” I will make the son of the slave into a nation also, because he is your offspring.”
14 So 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. So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.
15 Eventually, the water in the leather bottle ran out, so she placed the child under one of the bushes. When the water in the skin was gone, she put the child under one of the bushes. When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes.
16 Then 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. Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot, for she said, “Let me not look on the death of the child.” And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept. Then she went off and sat down about a bowshot away, for she thought, “I cannot watch the boy die.” And as she sat there, she began to sob.
17 God 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. And God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. 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.
18 Get up! Pick up the youth and grab his hand, because I will make a great nation of his descendants.| Up! Lift up the boy, and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make him into a great nation.” Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
19 Then 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. Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink. 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.
20 God was with the boy as he grew up. He settled in the wilderness and became an expert archer. And God was with the boy, and he grew up. He lived in the wilderness and became an expert with the bow. God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer.
21 Later he settled in the desert area of Paran, and his mother chose a wife for him from the land of Egypt. He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt. While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.
22 About that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, told Abraham, |God is with you in everything that you're doing. At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do. At that time Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces said to Abraham, “God is with you in everything you do.
23 Therefore 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?| Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my descendants or with my posterity, but as I have dealt kindly with you, so you will deal with me and with the land where you have sojourned.” 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.”
24 And Abraham replied, |I agree!| And Abraham said, “I will swear.” Abraham said, “I swear it.”
25 But then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well of water that Abimelech's servants had seized. When Abraham reproved Abimelech about a well of water that Abimelech’s servants had seized, Then Abraham complained to Abimelek about a well of water that Abimelek’s servants had seized.
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.| Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, and I have not heard of it until today.” But Abimelek said, “I don’t know who has done this. You did not tell me, and I heard about it only today.”
27 So Abraham took sheep and oxen and presented them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant. So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant. So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelek, and the two men made a treaty.
28 Then Abraham set aside seven ewe lambs, Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock apart. Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs from the flock,
29 so Abimelech asked Abraham, |What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set aside?| And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?” and Abimelek asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?”
30 He replied, |You are to accept from me these seven ewe lambs as a witness that I have dug this well.| He said, “These seven ewe lambs you will take from my hand, that this may be a witness for me that I dug this well.” He replied, “Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well.”
31 Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba, because the two of them swore an oath. Therefore that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them swore an oath. So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.
32 So after they had made a covenant in Beer-sheba, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, left and returned to Philistine territory. So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army rose up and returned to the land of the Philistines. After the treaty had been made at Beersheba, Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces returned to the land of the Philistines.
33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD God Everlasting. Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and called there on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God. Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.
34 After this, Abraham resided as a foreigner in Philistine territory for a long period of time. And Abraham sojourned many days in the land of the Philistines. And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
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