Genesis:21

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drb @Genesis:21:1 @And the Lord visited Sara , as he had promised : and fulfilled what he had spoken . drb @Genesis:21:2 @And she conceived and bore a son in her old age , at the time that God had foretold her . drb @Genesis:21:3 @And Abraham called the name of his son , whom Sara bore him , Isaac . drb @Genesis:21:4 @And he circumcised him the eighth day , as God had commanded him , drb @Genesis:21:5 @When he was a hundred years old : for at this age of his father was Isaac born . drb @Genesis:21:6 @And Sara said : God hath made a laughter for me : whosoever shall hear of it will laugh with me . drb @Genesis:21:7 @And again she said : Who would believe that Abraham should hear that Sara gave suck to a son , whom she bore to him in his old age . drb @Genesis:21:8 @And the child grew and was weaned : and Abraham made a great feast on the day of his weaning . drb @Genesis:21:9 @And when Sara had seen the son of Agar the Egyptian playing with Isaac her son , she said to Abraham : drb @Genesis:21:10 @Cast out this bondwoman , and her son : for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with my son Isaac . drb @Genesis:21:11 @Abraham took this grievously for his son . drb @Genesis:21:12 @And God said to him : Let it not seem grievous to thee for the boy , and for thy bondwoman : in all that Sara hath said to thee , hearken to her voice : for in Isaac shall thy seed be called . drb @Genesis:21:13 @But I will make the son also of the bondwoman a great nation , because he is thy seed . drb @Genesis:21:14 @So Abraham rose up in the morning , and taking bread and a bottle of water , put it upon her shoulder , and delivered the boy , and sent her away drb @Genesis:21:15 @And when the water in the bottle was spent , she cast the boy under one of the trees that were there . drb @Genesis:21:16 @And she went her way , and sat over against him a great way off as far as a bow can carry , for she said : I will not see the boy die : and sitting over against , she lifted up her voice and wept . drb @Genesis:21:17 @And God heard the voice of the boy : and an angel of God called to Agar from heaven , saying : What art thou doing , Agar ? fear not : for God hath heard the voice of the boy , from the place wherein he is . drb @Genesis:21:18 @Arise , take up the boy , and hold him by the hand : for I will make him a great nation . drb @Genesis:21:19 @And God opened her eyes : and she saw a well of water , and went and filled the bottle , and gave the boy to drink . drb @Genesis:21:20 @And God was with him : and he grew , and dwelt in the wilderness , and became a young man , an archer . drb @Genesis:21:21 @And he dwelt in the wilderness of Pharan , and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt . drb @Genesis:21:22 @At the same time Abimelech , and Phicol the general of his army said to Abraham : God is with thee in all that thou dost . drb @Genesis:21:23 @Swear therefore by God , that thou wilt not hurt me , nor my posterity , nor my stock : but according to the kindness that I have done to thee , thou shalt do to me , and to the land wherein thou hast lived a stranger . drb @Genesis:21:24 @And Abraham said : I will swear . drb @Genesis:21:25 @And he reproved Abimelech for a well of water , which his servants had taken away by force . drb @Genesis:21:26 @And Abimelech answered : I knew not who did this thing : and thou didst not tell me , and I heard not of it till today . drb @Genesis:21:27 @And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech : and both of them made a league . drb @Genesis:21:28 @And Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs of the flock . drb @Genesis:21:29 @And Abimelech said to him : What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set apart ? drb @Genesis:21:30 @But he said : Thou shalt take seven ewe lambs at my hand : that they may be a testimony for me , that I dug this well . drb @Genesis:21:31 @Therefore that place was called Bersabee : because both of them did swear . drb @Genesis:21:32 @And they made a league for the well of oath . drb @Genesis:21:33 @And Abimelech , and Phicol the general of his army arose and returned to the land of the Palestines . But Abraham planted a grove in Bersabee , and there called upon the name of the Lord God eternal . drb @Genesis:21:34 @And he was a sojourner in the land of the Palestines many days .

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