Genesis 21:12-21

12But God said to Abraham, “1Do not be distressed because of the lad and your maid; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her, for 2through Isaac 3your descendants shall be named. 13And of 4the son of the maid I will make a nation also, because he is your 5descendant.” 14So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a 6skin 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.

15When the water in the skin was used up, she 7left 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 8see the boy die.” And she sat opposite him, and 9lifted up her voice and wept. 17God 10heard the lad crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter with you, Hagar? 11Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him by 12the hand, 13for I will make a great nation of him.” 19Then God 14opened her eyes and she saw 15a well of water; and she went and filled the 16skin with water and gave the lad a drink.

2017God was with the lad, and he grew; and he 18lived in the wilderness and became an archer. 2119He 20lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.