Gênesis 21

¹ Nowe the Lord visited Sarah, as he had saide, and did vnto her according as he had promised.

² For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in hisTherefore the miracle was greater.old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

³ And Abraham called his sonnes name that was borne vnto him, which Sarah bare him, Izhak.

⁴ Then Abraha circumcised Izhak his sonne, when he was eight dayes olde, as God had commanded him.

⁵ So Abraham was an hundreth yeere olde, when his sonne Izhak was borne vnto him.

⁶ Then Sarah said, God hath made me to reioyce: all that heare will reioyce with me.

⁷ And she said,She accuses herself of ingratitude, that she did not believe the angel.Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born [him] a son in his old age.

⁸ Then the childe grewe and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Izhak was weaned.

⁹ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham,He derided God's promise made to Isaac which the apostle calls persecution (Gal_4:29).mocking.

¹⁰ Wherefore she saide vnto Abraham, Cast out this bond woman and her sonne: for ye sonne of this bonde woman shall not be heire with my sonne Izhak.

¹¹ And this thing was very grieuous in Abrahams sight, because of his sonne.

¹² And 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 beThe promised seed will be from Isaac, and not from Ishmael, (Rom_9:7; Heb_11:18).called.

¹³ And also of the son of the bondwoman will I makeThe Ishmaelites will come from him.a nation, because he [is] thy seed.

¹⁴ And 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, andTrue faith renounces all natural affections to obey God's commandment.sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

¹⁵ And when the water of the bottell was spent, she cast the childe vnder a certaine tree.

¹⁶ Then she went and sate her ouer against him a farre off about a bowe shoote: for she said, I will not see the death of the child; she sate downe ouer against him, and lift vp her voyce and wept.

¹⁷ And GodFor his promise sake made to Abraham; and not because the child had discretion and judgment to pray.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].

¹⁸ Arise, take vp the childe, and holde him in thine hand: for I will make of him a great people.

¹⁹ And GodUnless God opens our eyes, we can neither see, nor use the means which are before us.opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

²⁰ And God wasConcerning outward things God caused him to prosper.with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

²¹ And he dwelt in the wildernesse of Paran, and his mother tooke him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

²² And at that same time Abimelech and Phichol his chief captaine spake vnto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.

²³ Nowe therefore sweare vnto me here by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my children, nor my childrens children: thou shalt deale with me, and with the countrey, where thou hast bene a stranger, according vnto the kindnesse that I haue shewed thee.

²⁴ And Abraham said, I willSo that it is a lawful thing to take an oath in matters of importance, to justify the truth, and to assure others of our sincerity.swear.

²⁵ And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a well of water, which Abimelechs seruants had violently taken away.

²⁶ And Abimelech said,Wicked servants do many evils unknown to their masters.I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I [of it], but to day.

²⁷ Then Abraham tooke sheepe and beeues, and gaue them vnto Abimelech: and they two made a couenant.

²⁸ And Abraham set seuen lambes of the flocke by themselues.

²⁹ Then Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What meane these seuen lambes, which thou hast set by themselues?

³⁰ And he answered, Because thou shalt receiue of mine hand these seuen lambes, that it may be a witnes vnto me, that I haue digged this well.

³¹ Wherefore the place is called Beer-sheba, because there they both sware.

³² Thus they made aThus we see that the godly, concerning outward things may make peace with the wicked that do not know the true God.covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

³³ And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beersheba, andThat is, he worshipped God in all points of true religion.called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.

³⁴ And Abraham was a stranger in the Philistims land a long season.