Genesis:21

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* And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said , and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken . * And Sarah conceived , and bore unto Abraham a son in his old age , at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him . * And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him , whom Sarah bore to him , Isaac . * And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac , at eight days old , as God had commanded him . * And Abraham was a hundred years old , when his son Isaac was born unto him . * And Sarah said , God hath made me joy , whoever heareth it will laugh concerning me . * And she said , Who would have said unto Abraham , that Sarai should have given children suck ? yet I have born a son in his old age . * And the child grew , and was weaned ; and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned . * And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian , whom she had born unto Abraham , mocking . * Wherefore she said unto Abraham , Cast out this bond –woman and her son ; for the son of this bond –woman shall not be heir with my son , with Isaac . * And the thing was very grievous in Abraham ’s eyes , because of his son . * And God said unto Abraham , Let it not be grievous in thy eyes because of the lad , and because of thy bond –woman ; in all that Sarah may say unto thee , hearken unto her voice ; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called . * And also of the son of the bond –woman will I make a nation , because he is thy seed . * And Abraham rose up early in the morning , and took bread , and a bottle of water , and gave it unto Hagar , putting it onto her shoulder , and the child , and sent her away ; and she departed , and wandered astray in the wilderness of Beer –sheba . * And the water was spent from the bottle , and she cast the child under one of the shrubs . * And she went , and seated herself down at some distance , a good way off , about a bow –shot ; for she said , I cannot look on when the child dieth ; so she sat at a distance , and lifted up her voice , and wept . * And God heard the voice of the lad ; and an angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven , and said unto her , What aileth thee , Hagar ? Fear not ; for God hath heard the voice of the lad , there where he is . * Arise , lift up the lad , and lay hold on him with thy hand ; for I will make of him a great nation . * And God opened her eyes , and she saw a well of water : and she went , and filled the bottle with water , and gave the lad drink . * And God was with the lad ; and he grew up , and dwelt in the wilderness , and became an archer . * And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran ; and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt . * And it came to pass at that time , that Abimelech , and Phichol the chief captain of his host , spoke unto Abraham , saying , God is with thee in all that thou doest : * Now therefore swear unto me here by God , that thou wilt not deal falsely with me , nor with my son , nor with my son ’s son ; according to the kindness that I have done unto thee , shalt thou do unto me , and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned . * And Abraham said , I will swear . * And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water , which Abimelech ’s servants had violently taken away . * And Abimelech said , I know not who hath done this thing : neither didst thou tell me ; nor have I heard of it except this day . * And Abraham took sheep and oxen , and gave them unto Abimelech ; and both of them made a covenant . * And Abraham set seven ewe –lambs of the flock , by themselves . * And Abimelech said unto Abraham ; What mean these seven ewe –lambs which thou hast set by themselves ? * And he said , For these seven ewe –lambs shalt thou take from my hand , that they may be a witness unto me that I have dug this well . * Wherefore he called that place Beer –sheba ; because there they swore , both of them . * Thus they made a covenant at Beer –sheba ; then Abimelech rose up , and Phichol the chief captain of his host , and they returned into the land of the Philistines . * And Abraham planted an orchard in Beer –sheba , and called there on the name of the Lord , the God of everlasting . * And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days .

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