Genesis 21 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Isaac Is Born

(Heb 11:11 )

Now Yahweh^H3068 visited^H6485 Sarah^H8283 as He had said^H559, and Yahweh^H3068 did^H6213 for Sarah^H8283 as He had [fn]promised^H1696.

Gen 21:2

Gen 21:2So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.

Gen 21:3

Gen 21:3And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

Gen 21:4

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

Gen 21:5

Gen 21:5Now Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

Gen 21:6

Gen 21:6And Sarah said, “God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh [fn]with me.”

Gen 21:7

Gen 21:7And she said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

Sarah Sends Hagar Away

(Gal 4:21–30 )

Gen 21:8

And the child^H3206 grew^H1431 and was weaned^H1580, and Abraham^H85 made^H6213 a great^H1419 feast^H4960 on the day^H3117 that Isaac^H3327 was weaned^H1580.

Gen 21:9

Gen 21:9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, [fn]laughing in jest.

Gen 21:10

Gen 21:10Therefore she said to Abraham, “Drive out this maidservant and her son! The son of this maidservant shall not be an heir with my son, with Isaac.”

Gen 21:11

Gen 21:11And the matter [fn]distressed Abraham greatly because of his son.

Gen 21:12

Gen 21:12So God said to Abraham, “[fn]Do not be distressed because of the boy and your maidservant; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her voice, for through Isaac your seed shall be named.

Gen 21:13

Gen 21:13“And of the son of the maidservant I will make a nation also, because he is your seed.”

Gen 21:14

Gen 21:14So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a [fn]skin of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and gave her the child, and sent her away. So she went and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Gen 21:15

When the water^H4325 in the skin^H2573 was finished^H3615, she [fn]put^H7993 the child^H3206 under^H8478 one^H259 of the bushes^H7880.

Gen 21:16

Gen 21:16Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away, for she said, “Do not let me [fn]see when the child dies.” And she sat opposite him and lifted up her voice and wept.

Gen 21:17

Gen 21:17Then God heard the voice of the boy crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter with you, Hagar? Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.

Gen 21:18

Gen 21:18“Arise, lift up the boy, and hold him by [fn]the hand, for I will make a great nation of him.”

Gen 21:19

Gen 21:19Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

Gen 21:20

And God^H430 was with the boy^H5288, and he grew^H1431; and he [fn]lived^H3427 in the wilderness^H4057 and was^H1961 an archer^H7235^H7199.

Gen 21:21

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

A Covenant with Abimelech

Gen 21:22

Now it happened^H1961 at that time^H6256, that Abimelech^H40 and Phicol^H6369, the commander^H8269 of his army^H6635, spoke^H559 to Abraham^H85, saying^H559, “God^H430 is with you in all^H3605 that you do^H6213;

Gen 21:23

Gen 21:23so now, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but according to the lovingkindness that I have shown you, you shall show me and the land in which you have sojourned.”

Gen 21:24

Gen 21:24And Abraham said, “I swear it.”

Gen 21:25