1 The LORD came to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
2 Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time God had told him.
3 Abraham named his son who was born to him — the one Sarah bore to him — Isaac.
4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.
5 Abraham was 100 years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
6 Sarah said, “ God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears will laugh with me.”
7 She also said, “ Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne a son for him in his old age.”
8 The child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.
9 But Sarah saw the son mocking — the one Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham.
10 So she said to Abraham, “ Drive out this slave with her son, for the son of this slave will not be a coheir with my son Isaac! ”
11 Now this was a very difficult thing for Abraham because of his son.
12 But God said to Abraham, “ Do not be concerned about the boy and your slave. Whatever Sarah says to you, listen to her, because your offspring will be traced through Isaac.
13 But I will also make a nation of the slave’s son because he is your offspring.”
14 Early in the morning Abraham got up, took bread and a waterskin , put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her and the boy away. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beer-sheba.
15 When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.
16 Then she went and sat down nearby , about a bowshot away, for she said, “ I can’t bear to watch the boy die ! ” So as she sat nearby , she wept loudly .
17 God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “ What’s wrong , Hagar? Don’t be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy from the place where he is.
18 Get up, help the boy up, and support him, for I will make him a great nation.”
