| 1 | And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken; |
| 2 | and Sarah conceiveth, and beareth a son to Abraham, to his old age, at the appointed time that God hath spoken of with him; |
| 3 | and Abraham calleth the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah hath born to him—Isaac; |
| 4 | and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son, [being] a son of eight days, as God hath commanded him. |
| 5 | And Abraham [is] a son of a hundred years in Isaac his son being born to him, |
| 6 | and Sarah saith, 'God hath made laughter for me; every one who is hearing laugheth for me.' |
| 7 | She saith also, 'Who hath said to Abraham, Sarah hath suckled sons, that I have born a son for his old age?' |
| 8 | And the lad groweth, and is weaned, and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac's being weaned; |
| 9 | and Sarah seeth the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she hath borne to Abraham, mocking, |
| 10 | and she saith to Abraham, 'Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of this handmaid hath no possession with my son—with Isaac.' |
| 11 | And the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son's sake; |
| 12 | and God saith unto Abraham, 'Let it not be wrong in thine eyes because of the youth, and because of thy handmaid: all that Sarah saith unto thee—hearken to her voice, for in Isaac is a seed called to thee. |
| 13 | As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he [is] thy seed.' |
| 14 | And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and taketh bread, and a bottle of water, and giveth unto Hagar (placing [it] on her shoulder), also the lad, and sendeth her out; and she goeth on, and goeth astray in the wilderness of Beer-Sheba; |
| 15 | and the water is consumed from the bottle, and she placeth the lad under one of the shrubs. |
| 16 | And she goeth and sitteth by herself over-against, afar off, about a bow-shot, for she said, 'Let me not look on the death of the lad;' and she sitteth over-against, and lifteth up her voice, and weepeth. |
| 17 | And God heareth the voice of the youth; and the messenger of God calleth unto Hagar from the heavens, and saith to her, 'What to thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath hearkened unto the voice of the youth where he [is]; |
| 18 | rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set him.' |
| 19 | And God openeth her eyes, and she seeth a well of water, and she goeth and filleth the bottle [with] water, and causeth the youth to drink; |
| 20 | and God is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is an archer; |
| 21 | and he dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother taketh for him a wife from the land of Egypt. |
| 22 | And it cometh to pass at that time that Abimelech speaketh —Phichol also, head of his host—unto Abraham, saying, 'God [is] with thee in all that thou art doing; |
| 23 | and now, swear to me by God here: thou dost not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with thee thou dost with me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.' |
| 24 | And Abraham saith, 'I—I do swear.' |
| 25 | And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech's servants have taken violently away, |
| 26 | and Abimelech saith, 'I have not known who hath done this thing, and even thou didst not declare to me, and I also, I have not heard save to-day.' |
| 27 | And Abraham taketh sheep and oxen, and giveth to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant; |
| 28 | and Abraham setteth seven Lambs of the flock by themselves. |
| 29 | And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, 'What [are] they— these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?' |
| 30 | And he saith, 'For—the seven lambs thou dost accept from my hand, so that it becometh a witness for me that I have digged this well;' |
| 31 | therefore hath he called that place 'Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn. |
| 32 | And they make a covenant in Beer-Sheba, and Abimelech riseth—Phichol also, head of his host—and they turn back unto the land of the Philistines; |
| 33 | and [Abraham] planteth a tamarask in Beer-Sheba, and preacheth there in the name of Jehovah, God age-during; |
| 34 | and Abraham sojourneth in the land of the Philistines many days. |