Genesis 21:9-21

9Now [as time went on] Sarah saw [Ishmael] the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking [Isaac].

10Therefore she said to Abraham, “Drive out this maid and her son, for the son of this maid shall not be an heir with my son Isaac.”

11The situation distressed Abraham greatly because of his son [Ishmael].

12God said to Abraham, “Do not let it distress you because of Ishmael and your maid; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her and do what she asks, for your descendants will be named through Isaac.

13And I will also make a nation of [Ishmael] the son of the maid, because he is your descendant.”

14So Abraham got up early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and gave her the boy, and sent her away. And she left [but lost her way] and wandered [aimlessly] in the Wilderness of Beersheba.

15When the water in the skin was all gone, Hagar abandoned the boy under one of the bushes.

16Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away, for she said, “Do not let me see the boy die.” And as she sat down opposite him, she raised her voice and wept.

17God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy from where he is [resting].

18Get up, help the boy up, and hold him by the hand, for I will make him a great nation.”

19Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the [empty] skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

20God was with Ishmael, and he grew and developed; and he lived in the wilderness and became an [expert] archer.

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