Genesis 21
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Genesis 21:12-34

12And GodH430 saidH559 unto AbrahamH85, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the ladH5288, and because of thy handmaid; in all that SarahH8283 saith unto thee, hearken unto her voiceH6963; for in IsaacH3327 shall thy seedH2233 be calledH7121. 13And alsoH1571 of the sonH1121 of the handmaid will I makeH7760 a nationH1471, because he is thy seedH2233. 14And AbrahamH85 roseH7925 up earlyH7925 in the morningH1242, and tookH3947 breadH3899 and a bottle of waterH4325, and gaveH5414 it unto HagarH1904, puttingH5414 it on her shoulderH7926, and gaveH5414 her the childH3206, and sentH7971 her awayH7971: and she departed, and wanderedH8582 in the wildernessH4057 of Beer-sheba. 15And the waterH4325 in the bottle was spent, and she castH7993 the childH3206 under oneH259 of the shrubs. 16And she went, and satH3427 her downH3427 over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she saidH559, Let me not lookH7200 upon the deathH4194 of the childH3206. And she satH3427 over against him, and liftedH5375 up her voiceH6963, and weptH1058. 17And GodH430 heardH8085 the voiceH6963 of the ladH5288; and the angelH4397 of GodH430 calledH7121 to HagarH1904 out of heavenH8064, and saidH559 unto her, What aileth thee, HagarH1904? fearH3372 not; for GodH430 hath heardH8085 the voiceH6963 of the ladH5288 whereH834 he is. 18AriseH6965, liftH5375 up the ladH5288, and holdH2388 him in thy handH3027; for I will makeH7760 him a greatH1419 nationH1471. 19And GodH430 openedH6491 her eyesH5869, and she sawH7200 a wellH875 of waterH4325; and she went, and filledH4390 the bottle with waterH4325, and gaveH8248 the ladH5288 drinkH8248. 20And GodH430 wasH1961 with the ladH5288, and he grewH1431; and he dweltH3427 in the wildernessH4057, and becameH1961, as he grewH1431 up, an archer. 21And he dweltH3427 in the wildernessH4057 of ParanH6290: and his motherH517 tookH3947 him a wifeH802 out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714.

22And it came to pass at that timeH6256, that AbimelechH40 and PhicolH6369 the captain of his hostH6635 spake unto AbrahamH85, sayingH559, GodH430 is with thee in all that thou doest: 23nowH6258 thereforeH6258 swearH7650 unto me hereH2008 by GodH430 that thou wilt not deal falselyH8266 with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the landH776 wherein thou hast sojourned. 24And AbrahamH85 saidH559, I will swearH7650. 25And AbrahamH85 reprovedH3198 AbimelechH40 because of the wellH875 of waterH4325, which Abimelech’s servantsH5650 had violently taken awayH1497. 26And AbimelechH40 saidH559, I knowH3045 not who hath done this thingH1697: neither didst thou tellH5046 me, neither yet heardH8085 I of it, but to-day. 27And AbrahamH85 tookH3947 sheepH6629 and oxenH1241, and gaveH5414 them unto AbimelechH40; and they twoH8147 madeH3772 a covenantH1285. 28And AbrahamH85 setH5324 sevenH7651 ewe lambs of the flockH6629 by themselves. 29And AbimelechH40 saidH559 unto AbrahamH85, What mean these sevenH7651 ewe lambs which thou hast setH5324 by themselves? 30And he saidH559, These sevenH7651 ewe lambs shalt thou takeH3947 of my handH3027, that it may beH1961 a witness unto me, that I have digged this wellH875. 31Wherefore he calledH7121 that placeH4725 Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them. 32So they madeH3772 a covenantH1285 at Beer-sheba: and AbimelechH40 roseH6965 up, and PhicolH6369 the captain of his hostH6635, and they returnedH7725 into the landH776 of the PhilistinesH6430. 33And Abraham plantedH5193 a tamariskH815 treeH815 in Beer-sheba, and calledH7121 there on the nameH8034 of Jehovah, the Everlasting GodH410. 34And AbrahamH85 sojourned in the landH776 of the PhilistinesH6430 manyH7227 daysH3117.

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