Genesis 21 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Isaac Is Born

(Heb 11:11 )

Then the LORD^H3068 took^H6485 note^H6485 of Sarah^H8283 as He had said^H559, and the LORD^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 21:3Abraham named his son who was born to him, the son 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 a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

Gen 21:6

Gen 21:6Sarah 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 given birth to a son in his old age.”

(Gal 4:21–30 )

Gen 21:8

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

Sarah Turns against Hagar

Gen 21:9

Gen 21:9Now Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking Isaac.

Gen 21:10

Gen 21:10Therefore she said to Abraham, “Drive out this slave woman and her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be an heir with my son [fn]Isaac!”

Gen 21:11

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

Gen 21:12

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

Gen 21:13

Gen 21:13“And of the son of the slave woman I will make a nation also, because he is your [fn]descendant.”

Gen 21:14

Gen 21:14So Abraham got up 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 boy, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Gen 21:15

When the water^H4325 in the skin^H2573 was used^H3615 up^H3615, she [fn]left^H7993 the boy^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, “May I not [fn]see the boy die!” And she sat opposite him, and raised her voice and wept.

Gen 21:17

Gen 21:17God heard the boy crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “[fn]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“Get up, 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 [fn]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 lived^H3427 in the wilderness^H4057 and became^H1961 an archer^H7235^H7199.

Gen 21:21

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

Covenant with Abimelech

Gen 21:22

Now it came^H1961 about^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 descendants, but according to the kindness that I have shown to you, you shall show to me and to the land in which you have resided.”

Gen 21:24

Gen 21:24Abraham said, “I swear it.”

Gen 21:25

Gen 21:25But Abraham [fn]complained to Abimelech because of the well of water which the servants of Abimelech had seized.

Gen 21:26

Gen 21:26And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor did I hear of it [fn]until today.”

Gen 21:27

So Abraham^H85 took^H3947 sheep^H6629 and oxen^H1241 and gave^H5414 them to Abimelech^H40, and the two^H8147 of them made^H3772 a covenant^H1285.

Gen 21:28

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

Gen 21:29

Gen 21:29Then Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs mean, which you have set by themselves?”

Gen 21:30

Gen 21:30He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may be a witness for me, that I dug this well.”

Gen 21:31

Gen 21:31Therefore he called that place [fn]Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath.

Gen 21:32

Gen 21:32So they made a covenant at Beersheba; and Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.

Gen 21:33

Gen 21:33Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.

Gen 21:34

Gen 21:34And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for many days.

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NASB20 Footnotes

Lit spoken

Lit for

Lit with Isaac

Lit was very grievous in Abraham’s sight

(21:12)

Lit Do not let it be grievous in your sight

(21:12)

Lit your seed will be called

(21:13)

Lit seed

(21:14)

I.e., a skin used as a bottle

(21:15)

Lit cast

(21:16)

Lit look at the death of the child

(21:17)

Lit What to you; an idiom

Lit your

See note v 14

Lit rebuked

Lit except

I.e., well of an oath

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