¶ And the LORD visited¹ Sarah as² he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

For Sarah conceived³, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set⁴ time of which God had spoken to him.

⁵And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

⁶And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

⁷And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

And Sarah said, God⁸ hath made me to laugh⁹, so that all that hear will laugh¹⁰ with me.

And she said, Who¹¹ would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I¹² have born him a son in his old age.

And the child grew, and was¹³ weaned: and Abraham made a great feast¹⁴ the same day that Isaac was weaned.

¶ And Sarah¹⁵ saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian¹⁶, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking¹⁷.

¶ Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out¹⁸ this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir¹⁹ with my son, even with Isaac.

And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because²⁰ of his son.

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, hearken²¹ unto her voice; for in Isaac²² shall thy seed be called.

²³And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

¶ And Abraham rose up²⁴ early in the morning, and took²⁵ bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child²⁶, and sent²⁷ her away: and she departed, and wandered²⁸ in the wilderness of Beersheba²⁹.

And the water³⁰ was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child³¹ under one of the shrubs.

And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let³² me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift³³ up her voice, and wept.

And God heard³⁴ the voice of the lad; and the angel³⁵ of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What³⁶ aileth thee, Hagar? fear³⁷ not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will³⁸ make him a great nation.

³⁹And 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.

¶ And God⁴⁰ was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer⁴¹.

And he dwelt in the⁴² wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife⁴³ out of the land of Egypt.

¶ And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech⁴⁴ and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God⁴⁵ is with thee in all that thou doest:

Now therefore swear⁴⁶ unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me,⁴⁷ nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.

⁴⁸And Abraham said, I will swear.

And Abraham reproved⁴⁹ Abimelech because⁵⁰ of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants⁵¹ had violently taken away.

And Abimelech said, I wot⁵² not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.

And Abraham took⁵³ sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made⁵⁴ a covenant.

And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

⁵⁵And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

¶ And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness⁵⁶ unto me, that I have digged this well.

Wherefore he called⁵⁷ that place Beersheba⁵⁸; because there they sware both of them.

⁵⁹Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines⁶⁰.

¶ And Abraham planted a grove⁶¹ in Beersheba⁶², and called⁶³ there on the name⁶⁴ of the LORD, the everlasting⁶⁵ God.

⁶⁶And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.