Genesis 21:9-21

9Now Sarah saw 1the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, 23mocking. 10Therefore she said to Abraham, “4Drive out this maid and her son, for the son of this maid shall not be an heir with my son 5Isaac.” 116The matter 7distressed Abraham greatly because of his son. 12But God said to Abraham, “8Do not be distressed because of the lad and your maid; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her, for 9through Isaac 10your descendants shall be named. 13And of 11the son of the maid I will make a nation also, because he is your 12descendant.” 14So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a 13skin 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 14left 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 15see the boy die.” And she sat opposite him, and 16lifted up her voice and wept. 17God 17heard the lad crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter with you, Hagar? 18Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him by 19the hand, 20for I will make a great nation of him.” 19Then God 21opened her eyes and she saw 22a well of water; and she went and filled the 23skin with water and gave the lad a drink.

2024God was with the lad, and he grew; and he 25lived in the wilderness and became an archer. 2126He 27lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.