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 21:1 ¶ And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

 21:1 ¶ And the LORDº visitedººº Sarahº asº he had said,ºº and the LORDº didºº unto Sarahº asº he had spoken.ºº

 21:2 And Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

 21:2 For Sarahº conceived,ºº and bareºº Abrahamº a sonº in his old age,º at the set timeº of whichº Godº had spokenºº to him.

 21:3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

 21:3 And Abrahamº calledººº the nameº of his sonº that was bornºº unto him, whomº Sarahº bareºº to him, Isaac.º

 21:4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

 21:4 And Abrahamº circumcisedºº his sonº Isaacº being eightº daysº old,º asº Godº had commandedºº him.

 21:5 And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

 21:5 And Abrahamº was an hundredº yearsº old,º whenº his sonº Isaacº was bornºº unto him.

 21:6 ¶ And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh. Every one that heareth will laugh with me.

 21:6 ¶ And Sarahº said,ºº Godº hath madeºº me to laugh,º [so that] allº that hearºº will laughºº with me.

 21:7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck? For I have borne him a son in his old age.

 21:7 And she said,ºº Whoº would have saidºº unto Abraham,º that Sarahº should have given childrenº suck?ººº forº I have bornºº [him] a sonº in his old age.º

 21:8 And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

 21:8 And the childº grew,ºº and was weaned:ºº and Abrahamº madeºº a greatº feastº the [same] dayº thatº Isaacº was weaned.ºº

 21:9 ¶ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, mocking.

 21:9 ¶ And Sarahº sawººº the sonº of Hagarº the Egyptian,º whichº she had bornºº unto Abraham,º mocking.ºº

 21:10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son. For the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

 21:10 Wherefore she saidºº unto Abraham,º Cast outºº thisº bondwomanº and her son:º forº the sonº of thisº bondwomanº shall notº be heirºº withº my son,º [even] withº Isaac.º

 21:11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son.

 21:11 And the thingº was veryº grievousºººº in Abraham'sº sightº becauseºº of his son.º

 21:12 ¶ And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy handmaid. In all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice. For in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

 21:12 ¶ And Godº saidºº untoº Abraham,º Let it notº be grievousººº in thy sightº because ofº the lad,º and because ofº thy bondwoman;º in allº thatº Sarahº hath saidºº untoº thee, hearkenºº unto her voice;º forº in Isaacº shall thy seedº be called.ºº

 21:13 And also of the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

 21:13 And alsoºº of the sonº of the bondwomanº will I makeºº a nation,º becauseº heº [is] thy seed.º

 21:14 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 [gave her] the child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

 21:14 And Abrahamº rose up earlyºº in the morning,º and tookºº bread,º and a bottleº of water,º and gaveºº [it] untoº Hagar,º puttingºº [it] onº her shoulder,º and the child,º and sent her away:ºº and she departed,ººº and wanderedºº in the wildernessº of Beersheba.º

 21:15 And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

 21:15 And the waterº was spentºº inº the bottle,º and she castººº the childº underº oneº of the shrubs.º

 21:16 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 look upon the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

 21:16 And she went,ººº and sat her downºº over againstºº [him] a good way off,ºº as it were a bowshot:ººº forº she said,ºº Let me notº seeºº the deathº of the child.º And she satºº over againstºº [him], and lift upººº her voice,º and wept.ºº

 21:17 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 And Godº heardººº the voiceº of the lad;º and the angelº of Godº calledºº toº Hagarº out ofº heaven,º and saidºº unto her, Whatº aileth thee, Hagar?º fearºº not;º forº Godº hath heardººº the voiceº of the ladº whereºº heº [is].

 21:18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand. For I will make him a great nation.

 21:18 Arise,ºº lift upººº the lad,º and holdºº him inº thine hand;º forº I will makeºº him a greatº nation.º

 21:19 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 Godº openedººº her eyes,º and she sawºº a wellº of water;º and she went,ººº and filledººº the bottleº with water,º and gaveººº the ladº drink.ºº

 21:20 And God was with the lad, and he grew. And he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.

 21:20 And Godº wasº withº the lad;º and he grew,ºº and dweltºº in the wilderness,º and becameº an archer.ººº

 21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

 21:21 And he dweltºº in the wildernessº of Paran:º and his motherº tookºº him a wifeº out of the landºº of Egypt.º

 21:22 ¶ And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.

 21:22 ¶ And it came to passº at thatº time,º that Abimelechº and Phicholº the chief captainº of his hostº spakeºº untoº Abraham,º saying,ºº Godº [is] withº thee in allº thatº thouº doest:ºº

 21:23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, 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.

 21:23 Nowº therefore swearºº unto me hereº by Godº that thou wilt not deal falselyºº with me, nor with my son,º nor with my son's son:º [but] according to the kindnessº thatº I have doneºº untoº thee, thou shalt doºº untoº me, and toº the landº whereinº thou hast sojourned.ºº

 21:24 And Abraham said, I will swear.

 21:24 And Abrahamº said,ºº Iº will swear.ºº

 21:25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

 21:25 And Abrahamº reprovedººº Abimelechº becauseº ofºº a wellº of water,º whichº Abimelech'sº servantsº had violently taken away.ºº

 21:26 And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing. Neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day.

 21:26 And Abimelechº said,ºº I wotºº notº whoº hath doneººº thisº thing:º neitherº didst thouº tellºº me, neitherº yetº heardºº Iº [of it], butº to day.º

 21:27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech. And they two made a covenant.

 21:27 And Abrahamº tookºº sheepº and oxen,º and gaveºº them unto Abimelech;º and bothº of themº madeºº a covenant.º

 21:28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

 21:28 And Abrahamº setººº sevenº ewe lambsº of the flockº by themselves.º

 21:29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

 21:29 And Abimelechº saidºº untoº Abraham,º Whatºº [mean] theseº sevenº ewe lambsº whichº thou hast setºº by themselves?º

 21:30 And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

 21:30 And he said,ºº Forº [these]º sevenº ewe lambsº shalt thou takeºº of my hand,ºº thatº they may beº a witnessº unto me, thatº I have diggedººº thisº well.º

 21:31 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba. Because there they sware both of them.

 21:31 Whereforeºº he calledºº thatº placeº Beersheba;º becauseº thereº they swareºº bothº of them.º

 21:32 So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba. And Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

 21:32 Thus they madeºº a covenantº at Beersheba:º then Abimelechº rose up,ºº and Phicholº the chief captainº of his host,º and they returnedºº intoº the landº of the Philistines.º

 21:33 ¶ And [Abraham] planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God.

 21:33 ¶ And [Abraham] plantedºº a groveº in Beersheba,º and calledºº thereº on the nameº of the LORD,º the everlastingº God.º

 21:34 And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

 21:34 And Abrahamº sojournedºº in the Philistines'º landº manyº days.º