Dual Panel1The Lord <03068> visited <06485> Sarah <08283> just as <0834> he had said <0559> he <03068> would and did <06213> for Sarah <08283> what <0834> he had promised <01696>.
2So Sarah <08283> became pregnant <02029> and bore <03205> Abraham <085> a son <01121> in his old age <02208> at the appointed time <04150> that <0834> God <0430> had told <01696> him.
3Abraham <085> named <08034> <07121> his son <01121>– whom <0834> Sarah <08283> bore <03205> to him– Isaac <03327>.
4When his son <01121> Isaac <03327> was eight <08083> days <03117> old <01121>, Abraham <085> circumcised <04135> him just as <0834> God <0430> had commanded <06680> him to do.
5(Now Abraham <085> was a hundred <03967> years <08141> old <01121> when his son <01121> Isaac <03327> was born <03205> to him.)
6Sarah <08283> said <0559>, “God <0430> has made <06213> me laugh <06712>. Everyone <03605> who hears <08085> about this will laugh <06711> with me.”
7She went on to say <0559>, “Who <04310> would have said <04448> to Abraham <085> that Sarah <08283> would nurse <03243> children <01121>? Yet I have given birth <03205> to a son <01121> for him in his old age <02208>!”
8The child <03206> grew <01431> and was weaned <01580>. Abraham <085> prepared <06213> a great <01419> feast <04960> on the day <03117> that Isaac <03327> was weaned <01580>.
9But Sarah <08283> noticed <07200> the son <01121> of Hagar <01904> the Egyptian <04713>– the son whom <0834> Hagar had borne <03205> to Abraham <085>– mocking <06711>.
10So she said <0559> to Abraham <085>, “Banish <01644> that <02063> slave woman <0519> and her son <01121>, for <03588> the son <01121> of that <02063> slave woman <0519> will not <03808> be an heir <03423> along with <05973> my son <01121> Isaac <03327>!”
11Sarah’s demand <01697> displeased <05869> <07489> Abraham <085> greatly <03966> because <0182> <05921> Ishmael was his son <01121>.
12But God <0430> said <0559> to <0413> Abraham <085>, “Do not <0408> be upset <05869> <07489> about <05921> the boy <05288> or your slave wife <0519>. Do all <03605> that <0834> Sarah <08283> is telling <0559> you because <03588> through Isaac <03327> your descendants <02233> will be counted <07121>.
13But I will also <01571> make <07760> the son <01121> of the slave wife <0519> into a great nation <01471>, for <03588> he <01931> is your descendant <02233> too.”
14Early <07925> in the morning <01242> Abraham <085> took <03947> some food <03899> and a skin <02573> of water <04325> and gave <05414> them to <0413> Hagar <01904>. He put <07760> them on <05921> her shoulders <07926>, gave her the child <03206>, and sent <07971> her away <07971>. So she went <01980> wandering aimlessly <08582> through the wilderness <04057> of Beer Sheba <0884>.
15When the water <04325> in <04480> the skin <02573> was gone <03615>, she shoved <07993> the child <03206> under <08478> one <0259> of the shrubs <07880>.
16Then she went <01980> and sat down <03427> by herself across from <05048> him at quite a distance, about a bowshot <07198> <02909> away <07368>; for <03588> she thought <0559>, “I refuse <0408> to watch <07200> the child <03206> die <04194>.” So she sat <03427> across from <05048> him and wept <01058> uncontrollably.
17But God <0430> heard <08085> the boy’s <05288> voice <06963>. The angel <04397> of God <0430> called <07121> to <0413> Hagar <01904> from <04480> heaven <08064> and asked <0559> her, “What <04100> is the matter, Hagar <01904>? Don’t <0408> be afraid <03372>, for <03588> God <0430> has heard <08085> the boy’s <05288> voice <06963> right where <08033> <0834> he <01931> is crying.
18Get up <06965>! Help <05375> the boy <05288> up <05375> and hold <02388> him by the hand <03027>, for <03588> I will make <07760> him into a great <01419> nation <01471>.”
19Then God <0430> enabled <06491> Hagar to see <07200> a well <0875> of water <04325>. She went over <01980> and filled <04390> the skin <02573> with water <04325>, and then gave <08248> the boy <05288> a drink <08248>.
20God <0430> was <01961> with <0854> the boy <05288> as he grew <01431>. He lived <03427> in the wilderness <04057> and became <01961> an archer <07198> <07232>.
21He lived <03427> in the wilderness <04057> of Paran <06290>. His mother <0517> found <03947> a wife <0802> for him from the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.
22At that time <06256> <01931> <01961> Abimelech <040> and Phicol <06369>, the commander <08269> of his army <06635>, said <0559> <0559> to <0413> Abraham <085>, “God <0430> is with <05973> you in all <03605> that <0834> you <0859> do <06213>.
23Now <06258> swear <07650> to me right here <02008> in God’s <0430> name that you will not <0518> deceive <08266> me, my children <05209>, or my descendants <05220>. Show <06213> me <05978>, and the land <0776> where <0834> you are staying <01481>, the same loyalty <02617> that <0834> I have shown <06213> you.”
24Abraham <085> said <0559>, “I <0595> swear <07650> to do this.”
25But Abraham <085> lodged a complaint <03198> against <05921> Abimelech <040> concerning <0182> a well <04325> <0875> that <0834> Abimelech’s <040> servants <05650> had seized <01497>.
26“I do not <03808> know <03045> who <04310> has done <06213> this <02088> thing <01697>,” Abimelech <040> replied <0559>. “Moreover <01571>, you <0859> did not <03808> tell <05046> me. I <0595> did not <03808> hear <08085> about it until <01115> today <03117>.”
27Abraham <085> took <03947> some sheep <06629> and cattle <01241> and gave <05414> them to Abimelech <040>. The two <08147> of them made <03772> a treaty <01285>.
28Then Abraham <085> set <05324> seven <07651> ewe lambs <03535> apart from the flock <06629> by themselves <0905>.
29Abimelech <040> asked <0559> Abraham <085>, “What <04100> is the meaning of <0413> these <0428> <02007> seven <07651> ewe <03535> lambs that <0834> you have set <05324> apart <0905>?”
30He replied <0559>, “You must take <03947> these seven <07651> ewe lambs <03535> from <05668> my hand <03027> as legal proof <05713> that <03588> I dug <02658> this <02063> well <0875>.”
31That is why <03651> <05921> he named <07121> that <01931> place <04725> Beer Sheba <0884>, because <03588> the two <08147> of them swore <07650> an oath there <08033>.
32So they made <03772> a treaty <01285> at Beer Sheba <0884>. Then <06965> Abimelech <040> and Phicol <06369>, the commander <08269> of his army <06635>, returned <07725> to <0413> the land <0776> of the Philistines <06430>.
33Abraham planted <05193> a tamarisk tree <0815> in Beer Sheba <0884>. There <08033> he worshiped <07121> the Lord <03068> <08034>, the eternal <05769> God <0410>.
34So Abraham <085> stayed <01481> in the land <0776> of the Philistines <06430> for quite some <07227> time <03117>.