1And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said , and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken . 2For Sarah conceived , and bare Abraham a son in his old age , at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac . 4And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old , as God had commanded him. 5And Abraham was an hundred years old , when his son Isaac was born unto him. 6And Sarah said , God hath made me to laugh , so that all that hear will laugh with me. 7And she said , Who would have said unto Abraham , that Sarah should have given children suck ? for I have born him a son in his old age .
Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away
8And the child grew , and was weaned : and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned . 9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian , which she had born unto Abraham , mocking . 10Wherefore she said unto Abraham , Cast out this bondwoman and her son : for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son , even with Isaac . 11And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son . 12And God said unto Abraham , Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad , and because of thy bondwoman ; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice ; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called . 13And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation , because he is thy seed . 14And Abraham rose up early in the morning , and took bread , and a bottle of water , and gave it unto Hagar , putting it on her shoulder , and the child , and sent her away : and she departed , and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba . 15And the water was spent in the bottle , and she cast the child under one of the shrubs . 16And she went , and sat her down over against him a good way off , as it were a bowshot : for she said , Let me not see the death of the child . And she sat over against him , and lift up her voice , and wept . 17And God heard the voice of the lad ; and the 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 where he is . 18Arise , lift up the lad , and hold him in thine hand ; for I will make him a great nation . 19And 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 . 20And God was with the lad ; and he grew , and dwelt in the wilderness , and became an archer . 21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran : and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt .
A Treaty with Abimelech
22And it came to pass at that time , that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham , saying , God is with thee in all that thou doest : 23Now 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 : but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned . 24And Abraham said , I will swear . 25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water , which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away . 26And Abimelech said , I wot not who hath done this thing : neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it , but to day . 27And Abraham took sheep and oxen , and gave them unto Abimelech ; and both of them made a covenant . 28And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. 29And Abimelech said unto Abraham , What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? 30And he said , For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand , that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well . 31Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba ; because there they sware both of them . 32Thus 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 . 33And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba , and called there on the name of the LORD , the everlasting God . 34And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days .