Genesis 21:16-34 ▼

16 and wente, and sat hir downe ouer on ye other syde, a bowe shote of. For she sayde: I can not se the childe dye. And she sat hir downe ouer on ye other syde, and lifte vp hir voyce, and wepte.

17 Then God herde the voyce of the childe, and the angell of God called vnto Agar out of heauen, and sayde vnto her: What ayleth the, Agar? Feare not, for God hath herde ye voyce of the childe, where he lyeth.

18 Aryse and take the childe, and holde him by the hande, for I wyll make a greate people of him.

19 And God opened hir eyes, that she sawe a well of water.Then wente she and fylled ye botell with water, and gaue ye childe drynke.

20 And God was with the childe, which grew vp, and dwelt in ye wildernes, and became a connynge archer,

21 and dwelt in ye wildernes of Pharan, and his mother toke him a wyfe out of the londe of Egipte.

22 At the same tyme talked Abimelech and Phicol his chefe captayne with Abraham, and sayde: God is with the in all that thou doest.

23 Therfore sweare now vnto me by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, ner my children, ner my childers children: but that thou shalt shewe vnto me (and to the londe wherin thou art a straunger) the same kyndnesse that I haue done vnto the.

24 Then sayde Abraham: I wyll sweare.

25 And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for the well of water, which Abimelechs seruauntes had taken awaye by violence.

26 Then answered Abimelech: I knewe not who dyd it, nether dyddest thou tell me, and I haue not herde of it but this daye.

27 The toke Abraham shepe and oxen, and gaue them vnto Abimelech, and they both made a bonde together.

28 And Abraham set seuen lambes by them selues.

29 Then sayde Abimelech vnto Abraha: What meane those seuen lambes, which thou hast set by them selues?

30 He answered: seue lambes shalt thou take of my hande, that they maye be wytnes vnto me, that I haue dygged this well.

31 Therfore is the place called Berseba, because they sware there both together.

32 And so they made the bonde at Berseba.Then rose Abimelech and Phicol his chefe captayne, and departed agayne in to the londe of ye Philistynes.

33 And Abraham planted trees at Berseba, and called vpon the name of the LORDE ye euerlastinge God,

34 and was a straunger in ye londe of the Philistynes a longe season.