--Genesis-- And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, [so that] all that hear will laugh with me. (21:6) And 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. (21:7) And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the [same] day that Isaac was weaned. (21:8) And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. (21:9) Wherefore 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. (21:10) And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son. (21:11) 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 be called. (21:12) And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he [is] thy seed. (21:13) 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, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. (21:14) And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. (21:15) And 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. (21:16) And 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]. (21:17) Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation. (21:18) 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. (21:19) And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. (21:20) And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. (21:21) |