Genesis 21:8-21

8The child grew and was weaned. On the day Isaac was weaned, Abraham held a big feast.

9Sarah saw that Abraham’s son by Hagar the Egyptian was laughing at Isaac.

10She said to Abraham, “Get rid of this slave and her son, because this slave’s son must never share the inheritance with my son Isaac.”

11Abraham was upset by this because of his son Ishmael.

12But God said to Abraham, “Don’t be upset about the boy and your slave. Listen to what Sarah says because through Isaac your descendants will carry on your name.

13Besides, I will make the slave’s son into a nation also, because he is your child.”

14Early the next morning Abraham took bread and a container of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder. He also gave her the boy and sent her on her way. So she left and wandered around in the desert near Beersheba.

15When the water in the container was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes.

16Then she went about as far away as an arrow can be shot and sat down. She said to herself, “I don’t want to watch the boy die.” So she sat down and sobbed loudly.

17God heard the boy crying, and the Messenger of God called to Hagar from heaven. “What’s the matter, Hagar?” he asked her. “Don’t be afraid! God has heard the boy crying from the bushes.

18Come on, help the boy up! Take him by the hand, because I’m going to make him into a great nation.”

19God opened her eyes. Then she saw a well. She filled the container with water and gave the boy a drink.

20God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became a skilled archer.

21He lived in the desert of Paran, and his mother got him a wife from Egypt.