Genesis, 21

[1] And the Lord visited Sara, as he had promised: and fulfilled what he had spoken. •

[2] And she conceived and bore a son in her old age, at the time that God had foretold her. •

[3] And Abraham called the name of his son, whom Sara bore him, Isaac ¹. •

[4] And he circumcised him the eighth day, as God had commanded him, •

[5] When he was a hundred years old: for at this age of his father, was Isaac born.

[6] And Sara said: God hath made a laughter for me: whosoever shall hear of it will laugh with me.

[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? •

[8] And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast on the day of his weaning. •

[9] And when Sara had seen the son of Agar, the Egyptian, playing with Isaac, her son, she said to Abraham: •

[10] Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with my son Isaac. •

[11] Abraham took this grievously for his son. •

[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. •

[13] But I will make the son also of the bondwoman a great nation, because he is thy seed.

[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. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Bersabee. •

[15] And when the water in the bottle was spent, she cast the boy under one of the trees that were there.

[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.

[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. •

[18] Arise, take up the boy, and hold him by the hand, for I will make him a great nation.

[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. •

[20] And God was with him: and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became a young man, an archer. •

[21] And he dwelt in the wilderness of Pharan, and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.

[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. •

[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. •

[24] And Abraham said: I will swear. •

[25] And he reproved Abimelech for a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.

[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.

[27] Then Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech: and both of them made a league. •

[28] And Abraham set apart seven ewelambs of the flock.

[29] And Abimelech said to him: What mean these seven ewelambs which thou hast set apart?

[30] But he said: Thou shalt take seven ewelambs at my hand: that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well.

[31] Therefore that place was called Bersabee ¹; because there both of them did swear. •

[32] And they made a league for the well of oath. •

[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. •

[34] And he was a sojourner in the land of the Palestines many days.