Chapter 21 - Chapter 21

And the Lord visited Sara, as he had promised:and fulfilled what he had spoken.2 And she conceived and bore a son in her oldage, at the time that God had foretold her.3 And Abraham called the name of his son,whom Sara bore him, Isaac.4 And he circumcised him the eighth day, asGod had commanded him,5 When he was a hundred years old: for atthis age of his father, was Isaac born.6 And Sara said: God hath made a laughterfor me: whosoever shall hear of it will laugh withme.7 And again she said: Who would believe thatAbraham should hear that Sara gave suck to ason, whom she bore to him in his old age?8 And the child grew, and was weaned: andAbraham made a great feast on the day of hisweaning.9 And when Sara had seen the son of Agar,the Egyptian, playing with Isaac, her son, shesaid to Abraham:10 Cast out this bondwoman and her son; forthe son of the bondwoman shall not be heir withmy son Isaac.11 Abraham took this grievously for his son.12 And God said to him: Let it not seemgrievous to thee for the boy, and for thy bondwoman: in all that Sara hath said to thee, hear-Book of Genesis 25ken to her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed becalled.13 But I will make the son also of the bondwoman a great nation, because he is thy seed.14 So Abraham rose up in the morning, andtaking bread and a bottle of water, put it uponher shoulder, and delivered the boy, and sent heraway. And she departed, and wandered in thewilderness of Bersabee.15 And when the water in the bottle wasspent, she cast the boy under one of the treesthat were there.16 And she went her way, and sat overagainsthim a great way off, as far as a bow can carry, forshe said: I will not see the boy die: and sittingoveragainst, she lifted up her voice and wept.17 And God heard the voice of the boy: andan angel of God called to Agar from heaven, saying: What art thou doing, Agar? fear not; forGod hath heard the voice of the boy, from theplace wherein he is.18 Arise, take up the boy, and hold him bythe hand, for I will make him a great nation.19 And God opened her eyes: and she saw awell of water, and went and filled the bottle, andgave the boy to drink.20 And God was with him: and he grew, anddwelt in the wilderness, and became a youngman, an archer.21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Pharan,and his mother took a wife for him out of theland of Egypt.22 At the same time Abimelech, and Phicolthe general of his army, said to Abraham: Godis with thee in all that thou dost.23 Swear therefore by God, that thou wilt nothurt me, nor my posterity, nor my stock: but according to the kindness that I have done to thee,thou shalt do to me, and to the land whereinthou hast lived a stranger.24 And Abraham said: I will swear.25 And he reproved Abimelech for a well ofwater, which his servants had taken away byforce.26 And Abimelech answered: I knew not whodid this thing: and thou didst not tell me, and Iheard not of it till today.27 Then Abraham took sheep and oxen, andgave them to Abimelech: and both of them madea league.28 And Abraham set apart seven ewelambs ofthe flock.29 And Abimelech said to him: What meanthese seven ewelambs which thou hast set apart?30 But he said: Thou shalt take seven ewelambs at my hand: that they may be a testimonyfor me, that I dug this well.31 Therefore that place was called Bersabee;because there both of them did swear.32 And they made a league for the well ofoath.33 And Abimelech and Phicol, the generalof his army, arose and returned to the land ofthe Palestines. But Abraham planted a grove inBersabee, and there called upon the name of theLord God eternal.34 And he was a sojourner in the land of thePalestines many days.