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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Genesis 21 WBT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/21.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/genesis/21-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">WBT</a> > Genesis 21</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/20.htm" title="Genesis 20">◄</a> Genesis 21 <a href="../genesis/22.htm" title="Genesis 22">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Webster Bible Translation</div><div class="chap"><a name="1" id="1"></a><p class="hdg">The Birth of Isaac<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../romans/8.htm#12">Romans 8:12-17</a>; <a href="../galatians/4.htm">Galatians 4:1-7</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had spoken. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And she said, Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah shall nurse children? for I have borne him a son in his old age.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the day that Isaac was weaned.</p> <p class="hdg">Sarah Turns against Hagar</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had borne to Abraham, mocking. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Wherefore, she said to Abraham, Cast out this bond-woman, and her son: for the son of this bond-woman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight, because of his son. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And God said to Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight, because of the lad, and because of thy bond-woman; in all that Sarah hath said to thee, hearken to her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And also of the son of the bond-woman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And Abraham rose 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 departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And she went, and sat her down over against him, a good way off, as it were a bow-shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and raised her voice, and wept. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And God heard the voice of the lad: and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand: for I will make him a great nation. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took for him a wife out of the land of Egypt.</p> <p class="hdg">The Covenant at Beersheba</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Now therefore swear to 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 to thee, thou shalt do to me, and to the land in which thou hast sojourned. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And Abraham said, I will swear. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And Abraham reproved Abimelech, because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet have I heard of it, but to-day.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech: and both of them made a covenant. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And Abimelech said to Abraham, What mean these seven ewe-lambs, which thou hast set by themselves? <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And he said, For these seven ewe-lambs shalt thou take from my hand, that they may be a witness to me, that I have digged this well. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba: because there they swore both of them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: Then Abimelech arose, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/21-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Webster Bible Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../genesis/20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Genesis 20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Genesis 20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../genesis/22.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Genesis 22"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Genesis 22" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/genesis/21-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>