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Verse 1

And Jehovah{H3068} visited{H6485} Sarah{H8283} as he had said,{H559} and Jehovah{H3068} did{H6213} unto Sarah{H8283} as he had spoken.{H1696}

Verse 2

And Sarah{H8283} conceived,{H2029} and bare{H3205} Abraham{H85} a son{H1121} in his old age,{H2208} at the set time{H4150} of which God{H430} had spoken{H1696} to him.

Verse 3

And Abraham{H85} called{H7121} the name{H8034} of his son{H1121} that was born{H3205} unto him, whom Sarah{H8283} bare{H3205} to him, Isaac.{H3327}

Verse 4

And Abraham{H85} circumcised{H4135} his son{H1121} Isaac{H3327} when he was eight{H8083} days{H3117} old,{H1121} as God{H430} had commanded{H6680} him.

Verse 5

And Abraham{H85} was a hundred{H3967} years{H8141} old,{H1121} when his son{H1121} Isaac{H3327} was born{H3205} unto him.

Verse 6

And Sarah{H8283} said,{H559} God{H430} hath made{H6213} me to laugh;{H6712} every one that heareth{H8085} will laugh{H6711} with me.

Verse 7

And she said,{H559} Who would have said{H4448} unto Abraham,{H85} that Sarah{H8283} should give children{H1121} suck?{H3243} for I have borne{H3205} him a son{H1121} in his old age.{H2208}

Verse 8

And the child{H3206} grew,{H1431} and was weaned:{H1580} and Abraham{H85} made{H6213} a great{H1419} feast{H4960} on the day{H3117} that Isaac{H3327} was weaned.{H1580}

Verse 9

And Sarah{H8283} saw{H7200} the son{H1121} of Hagar{H1904} the Egyptian,{H4713} whom she had borne{H3205} unto Abraham,{H85} mocking.{H6711}

Verse 10

Wherefore she said{H559} unto Abraham,{H85} Cast out{H1644} this handmaid{H519} and her son:{H1121} for the son{H1121} of this handmaid{H519} shall not be heir{H3423} with my son,{H1121} even with Isaac.{H3327}

Verse 11

And the thing{H1697} was very{H3966} grievous{H3415} in Abraham's{H85} sight{H5869} on account{H182} of his son.{H1121}

Verse 12

And God{H430} said{H559} unto Abraham,{H85} Let it not be grievous{H3415} in thy sight{H5869} because of the lad,{H5288} and because of thy handmaid;{H519} in all that Sarah{H8283} saith{H559} unto thee, hearken{H8085} unto her voice;{H6963} for in Isaac{H3327} shall thy seed{H2233} be called.{H7121}

Verse 13

And also of the son{H1121} of the handmaid{H519} will I make{H7760} a nation,{H1471} because he is thy seed.{H2233}

Verse 14

And Abraham{H85} rose up early{H7925} in the morning,{H1242} and took{H3947} bread{H3899} and a bottle{H2573} of water,{H4325} and gave{H5414} it unto Hagar,{H1904} putting{H7760} it on her shoulder,{H7926} and [gave her] the child,{H3206} and sent her away:{H7971} and she departed,{H3212} and wandered{H8582} in the wilderness{H4057} of Beer-sheba.{H884}

Verse 15

And the water{H4325} in{H4480} the bottle{H2573} was spent,{H3615} and she cast{H7993} the child{H3206} under one{H259} of the shrubs.{H7880}

Verse 16

And she went,{H3212} and sat her down{H3427} over against{H5048} him a good way off,{H7368} as it were a bowshot:{H2909} for she said,{H559} Let me not look{H7200} upon the death{H4194} of the child.{H3206} And she sat{H3427} over against him, and lifted up{H5375} her voice,{H6963} and wept.{H1058}

Verse 17

And God{H430} heard{H8085} the voice{H6963} of the lad;{H5288} and the angel{H4397} of God{H430} called{H7121} to Hagar{H1904} out of heaven,{H8064} and said{H559} unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar?{H1904} fear{H3372} not; for God{H430} hath heard{H8085} the voice{H6963} of the lad{H5288} where he is.

Verse 18

Arise,{H6965} lift up{H5375} the lad,{H5288} and hold{H2388} him in thy hand;{H3027} for I will make{H7760} him a great{H1419} nation.{H1471}

Verse 19

And God{H430} opened{H6491} her eyes,{H5869} and she saw{H7200} a well{H875} of water;{H4325} and she went,{H3212} and filled{H4390} the bottle{H2573} with water,{H4325} and gave{H8248} the lad{H5288} drink.{H8248}

Verse 20

And God{H430} was with the lad,{H5288} and he grew;{H1431} and he dwelt{H3427} in the wilderness,{H4057} and became, as he grew up, an archer.{H7235}

Verse 21

And he dwelt{H3427} in the wilderness{H4057} of Paran:{H6290} and his mother{H517} took{H3947} him a wife{H802} out of the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}

Verse 22

And it came to pass at that time,{H6256} that Abimelech{H40} and Phicol{H6369} the captain{H8269} of his host{H6635} spake{H559} unto Abraham,{H85} saying,{H559} God{H430} is with thee in all that thou doest:{H6213}

Verse 23

now therefore swear{H7650} unto me here{H2008} by God{H430} that thou wilt not deal falsely{H8266} with me, nor with my son,{H5209} nor with my son's son:{H5220} but according to the kindness{H2617} that I have done{H6213} unto thee, thou shalt do{H6213} unto me, and to the land{H776} wherein thou hast sojourned.{H1481}

Verse 24

And Abraham{H85} said,{H559} I will swear.{H7650}

Verse 25

And Abraham{H85} reproved{H3198} Abimelech{H40} because{H182} of the well{H875} of water,{H4325} which Abimelech's{H40} servants{H5650} had violently taken away.{H1497}

Verse 26

And Abimelech{H40} said,{H559} I know{H3045} not who hath done{H6213} this thing:{H1697} neither{H3808} didst thou tell{H5046} me, neither{H3808} yet heard{H8085} I of it, but{H1115} to-day.{H3117}

Verse 27

And Abraham{H85} took{H3947} sheep{H6629} and oxen,{H1241} and gave{H5414} them{H8147} unto Abimelech;{H40} and they two made{H3772} a covenant.{H1285}

Verse 28

And Abraham{H85} set{H5324} seven{H7651} ewe lambs{H3535} of the flock{H6629} by themselves.

Verse 29

And Abimelech{H40} said{H559} unto Abraham,{H85} What{H2008} mean these seven{H7651} ewe lambs{H3535} which thou hast set{H5324} by themselves?

Verse 30

And he said,{H559} These seven{H7651} ewe lambs{H3535} shalt thou take{H3947} of my hand,{H3027} that{H5668} it may be a witness{H5713} unto me, that I have digged{H2658} this well.{H875}

Verse 31

Wherefore he called{H7121} that place{H4725} Beer-sheba;{H884} because there they sware{H7650} both of them.{H8147}

Verse 32

So they made{H3772} a covenant{H1285} at Beer-sheba:{H884} and Abimelech{H40} rose up,{H6965} and Phicol{H6369} the captain{H8269} of his host,{H6635} and they returned{H7725} into the land{H776} of the Philistines.{H6430}

Verse 33

And [Abraham] planted{H5193} a tamarisk{H815} tree in Beer-sheba,{H884} and called{H7121} there on the name{H8034} of Jehovah,{H3068} the Everlasting{H5769} God.{H410}

Verse 34

And Abraham{H85} sojourned{H1481} in the land{H776} of the Philistines{H6430} many{H7227} days.{H3117}

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