Genesis 21
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Genesis 21:9-21

9But SarahH8283 saw thatH7200 the sonH1121 whomH834 HagarH1904 the EgyptianH4713 had borneH3205 to AbrahamH85 was mockingH6711 her son,1 10and she saidH559 to AbrahamH85, “ExpelH1644 theH2063 slave womanH519 and her sonH1121, forH3588 the slave woman’sH519H2063 sonH1121 will neverH3808 share in the inheritanceH3423 withH5973 my sonH1121H5973 IsaacH3327!”2

11Now this matterH1697 distressedH7489H5869 AbrahamH85 greatlyH3966 because it concernedH5921H182 his sonH1121 Ishmael. 12But GodH430 saidH559 toH413 AbrahamH85, “Do notH408 be distressedH7489H5869 aboutH5921 the boyH5288H5921 and your maidservantH519. Listen toH8085H6963 everythingH3605 thatH834 SarahH8283 tellsH559 youH413, forH3588 through IsaacH3327 your offspringH2233 will be reckonedH7121.3 13But I will alsoH1571 makeH7760 a nationH1471 of the slave woman’sH519 sonH1121, becauseH3588 heH1931 is your offspringH2233.”

14Early in the morningH1242, AbrahamH85 got upH7925, tookH3947 breadH3899 and a skin of waterH2573H4325H5414H413, put themH7760 onH5921 Hagar’sH1904 shouldersH7926, and sent her away with the boyH3206H7971. She leftH1980 and wanderedH8582 in the WildernessH4057 ofH884 BeershebaH884. 15When the waterH4325 inH4480 the skinH2573 was goneH3615, she leftH7993 the boyH3206 underH8478 oneH259 of the bushesH7880. 16Then she went offH1980 and sat downH3427 nearbyH5048, about a bowshotH2909H7198 awayH7368, forH3588 she saidH559, “I cannotH408 bear to watchH7200 the boyH3206 dieH4194!” And as she satH3427 nearbyH5048, she lifted upH5375 her voiceH6963 and weptH1058.4

17Then GodH430 heardH8085 the voiceH6963 of the boyH5288, and the angelH4397 of GodH430 calledH7121 toH413 HagarH1904 fromH4480 heavenH8064, “What is wrongH4100, HagarH1904? Do notH408 be afraidH3372, forH3588 GodH430H413 has heardH8085 the voiceH6963 of the boyH5288 whereH834 heH1931 liesH8033. 18Get upH6965, lift upH5375 the boyH5288, and takeH2388 him by the handH3027, forH3588 I will make himH7760 into a greatH1419 nationH1471.” 19Then GodH430 openedH6491 her eyesH5869, and she sawH7200 a wellH875 of waterH4325. So she wentH1980 and filledH4390 the skin with waterH2573H4325 and gave the boyH5288 a drinkH8248.

20And GodH430 wasH1961 withH854 the boyH5288, and he grew upH1431 and settledH3427 in the wildernessH4057 and becameH1961 a greatH7235 archerH7199. 21And while he was dwellingH3427 in the WildernessH4057 of ParanH6290, his motherH517 gotH3947 a wifeH802 for him from the landH776 of EgyptH4714.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 21:9 LXX and Vulgate; Hebrew lacks her son ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 21:10 Cited in Galatians 4:30 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 21:12 Cited in Romans 9:7 and Hebrews 11:18 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 21:16 Hebrew; LXX the child lifted up his voice and wept ↩

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