e.
The birth and growth of Isaac
21:1-8
Gen. 21
:1
21:1
1And Jehovah
2avisited Sarah as He had said, and Jehovah did to Sarah as He had
bpromised.
Gen. 21
:2
21:2
And aSarah conceived and
1bore Abraham a
bson in his old age, at the
cappointed time of which God had spoken to him.
Gen. 21
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21:3
And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him,
1aIsaac.
Gen. 21
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21:4
And Abraham
1acircumcised Isaac his son when he was
2eight days old, as God had commanded him.
Gen. 21
:5
21:5
And Abraham was a
ahundred years old when Isaac his son was born to him.
Gen. 21
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21:6
And Sarah said, God has made me
alaugh; everyone who hears will laugh with me.
Gen. 21
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21:7
And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.
Gen. 21
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21:8
And the child
1grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
f.
Hagar and Ishmael cast out
21:9-14
Gen. 21
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21:9
And Sarah saw the
ason of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham,
1bmocking.
Gen. 21
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21:10
So she said to Abraham,
1aCast out this maidservant and her son, for the son of this maidservant shall
bnot inherit with my son Isaac.
Gen. 21
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21:11
And the matter displeased Abraham greatly on account of his son.
Gen. 21
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21:12
And God said to Abraham, Do not be displeased on account of the boy and on account of your maidservant. Whatever Sarah says to you, listen to her voice, for in
aIsaac shall your
bseed be called.
Gen. 21
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21:13
And of the son of the maidservant I will also make a
anation, because he is your seed.
Gen. 21
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21:14
And Abraham rose up early in the morning and took bread and a waterskin
full of water and gave
them to Hagar, putting
them on her shoulder, and
gave her the child and sent her away. And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
g.
Two wells — two sources of living
21:15-34
Gen. 21
:15
21:15
When the water in the waterskin was finished, she cast the child under one of the bushes.
Gen. 21
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21:16
And she went and sat herself down opposite
him, a fair distance away, about a bowshot away, for she said, Do not let me look upon the death of the child. And as she sat opposite
him, she lifted up her voice and wept.
Gen. 21
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21:17
And God heard the voice of the boy. And the
aAngel of God called to Hagar out of heaven and said to her, What troubles you, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.
Gen. 21
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21:18
Rise up; lift up the boy, and hold him with your hand, for I will make him a great nation.
Gen. 21
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21:19
And God opened her eyes, and she saw a
1well of water. And she went and filled the waterskin with water and gave the boy a drink.
Gen. 21
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21:20
And God was with the boy, and he grew. And he dwelt in the wilderness and became an archer.
Gen. 21
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21:21
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
Gen. 21
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21:22
And at that time Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with you in all that you do.
Gen. 21
:23
21:23
Now therefore
aswear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity. According to the kindness that I have shown to you, you shall do to me and to the land in which you have sojourned.
Gen. 21
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21:24
And Abraham said, I swear
it.
Gen. 21
:25
21:25
And Abraham confronted Abimelech concerning the
1awell of water which Abimelech’s servants had taken by force.
Gen. 21
:26
21:26
And Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this thing; and you did not tell me
about it, nor have I even heard
of it until today.
Gen. 21
:27
21:27
And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech. And the two of them made a covenant.
Gen. 21
:28
21:28
And Abraham set
1seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
Gen. 21
:29
21:29
And Abimelech said to Abraham, What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?
Gen. 21
:30
21:30
And he said, These seven ewe lambs you shall take from my hand, that it may be a witness for me that I dug this well.
Gen. 21
:31
21:31
Therefore he called that place
1aBeer-sheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.
Gen. 21
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21:32
So they made a
1covenant at Beer-sheba; and Abimelech rose up with Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the
2Philistines.
Gen. 21
:33
21:33
And 1Abraham planted a
2tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and there he
acalled on the name of Jehovah, the
3bEternal God.
Gen. 21
:34
21:34
And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
