1 ¶ And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had spoken.

2 For Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the time of which God had spoken to him.

3 And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

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

5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born to him.

6 And Sarah said, God has made me laugh, and all who hear will laugh with me.

7 And she said, Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah would suckle children? for I have born him a son in his old age.

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

9 ¶ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born to Abraham, mocking.

10 Therefore she said to Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman will not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.

12 And God said to Abraham, Let it not be grievous in your sight because of the lad, and because of your bondwoman; whatever Sarah says to you, listen to her; for your offspring will be traced through Isaac.

13 And I will also make a nation of the son of the bondwoman, because he is your descendant.

14 ¶ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she left, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

15 When the water in the bottle was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.

16 And she went, and sat down some distance away, about the distance of a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And as she sat some distance away, the boy lifted up his voice, and wept.

17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, What troubles you, Hagar? Do not fear; for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.

18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in your hand; for I will make him a great nation.

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.

20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and lived in the wilderness, and became an archer.

21 And he lived in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

22 ¶ And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with you in all that you do:

23 Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have shown unto you, you will show unto me, and to the land in which you have lived.

24 And Abraham said, I will swear.

25 But Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a well of water, that Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

26 And Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this thing: you did not tell me, nor did I hear of it, until today.

27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs from the flock by themselves.

29 And Abimelech said to Abraham, Why have you set these seven ewe lambs by themselves?

30 And he said, You will accept these seven ewe lambs from me, that they may be a witness on my behalf, that I have dug this well.

31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they both swore.

32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.

33 ¶ And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and there called on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.

34 And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines many days.