Revised Version 1895

Genesis 21:8-21

8And thechildהַיֶּ֖לֶדhai.Ye.ledH3206grewוַיִּגְדַּ֥לvai.yig.DalH1431, and wasweanedוַיִּגָּמַ֑לvai.yi.ga.MalH1580: andAbrahamאַבְרָהָם֙'av.ra.HamH85madeוַיַּ֤עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213agreatגָד֔וֹלga.DolH1419feastמִשְׁתֶּ֣הmish.TehH4960on thedayבְּי֖וֹםbe.YomH3117thatIsaacיִצְחָֽק׃yitz.ChakH3327wasweanedהִגָּמֵ֥לhi.ga.MelH1580.

9AndSarahשָׂרָ֜הsa.RahH8283sawוַתֵּ֨רֶאva.Te.re'H7200thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofHagarהָגָ֧רha.GarH1904theEgyptianהַמִּצְרִ֛יתha.mitz.RitH4713,whichH834sheH834hadborneיָלְדָ֥הYal.dahH3205untoAbrahamלְאַבְרָהָ֖םle.'av.ra.HamH85,mockingמְצַחֵֽק׃me.tza.ChekH6711.

10WhereforesheH3588saidH559untoAbrahamלְאַבְרָהָ֔םle.'av.ra.HamH85,CastH3423outH3423this bondwoman andherH559sonבְּנָ֑הּbe.NahH1121: for thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121of this bondwoman shallnotלֹ֤אlo'H3808beheirH3423with mysonבְּנִ֖יbe.NiH1121,evenH3588withIsaacיִצְחָֽק׃yitz.ChakH3327.

11And thethingהַדָּבָ֛רha.da.VarH1697wasveryמְאֹ֖דme.'OdH3966grievous inAbraham’sאַבְרָהָ֑ם'av.ra.HamH85sightבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869onaccountעַ֖ל'alH5921of hissonבְּנֽוֹ׃be.NoH1121.

12AndGodאֱלֹהִ֜ים'E.lo.HimH430saidH559untoAbrahamאַבְרָהָ֗ם'av.ra.HamH85,LetH408itnotH408be grievous in thysightבְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙be.'ei.Nei.khaH5869becauseH3588of theladהַנַּ֣עַרha.Na.'arH5288, andbecauseH3588of thy bondwoman; inallH3605thatSarahשָׂרָ֖הsa.RahH8283saith unto thee, hearken untoherH3605voiceבְּקֹלָ֑הּbe.ko.LahH6963; for inIsaacבְיִצְחָ֔קve.yitz.ChakH3327shall thyseedזָֽרַע׃Za.ra'H2233becalledיִקָּרֵ֥אyi.ka.Re'H7121.

13And also of thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121of the bondwoman will Imakeאֲשִׂימֶ֑נּוּ'a.si.Me.nuH7760anationלְג֣וֹיle.GoyH1471,becauseכִּ֥יkiH3588he is thyseedזַרְעֲךָ֖zar.'a.KhaH2233.

14AndAbrahamאַבְרָהָ֣ם׀'av.ra.HamH85roseH7925upH7925earlyוַיַּשְׁכֵּ֣םvai.yash.KemH7925in themorningבַּבֹּ֡קֶרba.Bo.kerH1242, andtookוַיִּֽקַּֽח־vai.yi.kach-H3947breadלֶחֶם֩le.ChemH3899and a bottle ofwaterמַ֜יִםMa.yimH4325, andgaveH5414it untoHagarהָ֠גָרHa.gorH1904,puttingH5414it onherH413shoulderשִׁכְמָ֛הּshikh.MahH7926, and thechildהַיֶּ֖לֶדhai.Ye.ledH3206, andsentH7971herH413awayוַֽיְשַׁלְּחֶ֑הָvay.sha.le.Che.haH7971: and she departed, andwanderedוַתֵּ֔תַעva.Te.ta'H8582in thewildernessבְּמִדְבַּ֖רbe.mid.BarH4057of Beer-sheba.

15And thewaterהַמַּ֖יִםha.Ma.yimH4325in the bottle wasspentוַיִּכְל֥וּvai.yikh.LuH3615, and shecastוַתַּשְׁלֵ֣ךְva.tash.LekhH7993thechildהַיֶּ֔לֶדhai.Ye.ledH3206underתַּ֖חַתTa.chatH8478one of the shrubs.

16AndsheH3588wentH7368, andsatH3427herH7200downH3427overagainstמִנֶּ֗גֶדmi.Ne.gedH5048him agoodH7368wayoffH5375, as it were a bowshot: forsheH3588saidאָֽמְרָ֔ה'a.me.RahH559,LetH408meH6963notH408lookאֶרְאֶ֖ה'er.'EhH7200uponH3427thedeathבְּמ֣וֹתbe.MotH4194of thechildהַיָּ֑לֶדhai.Ya.ledH3206. AndsheH3588satH3427overagainstמִנֶּ֔גֶדmi.Ne.gedH5048him, andliftוַתִּשָּׂ֥אva.ti.Sa'H5375upH5375herH7200voiceקֹלָ֖הּko.LahH6963, andweptוַתֵּֽבְךְּ׃va.Te.vekH1058.

17AndGodאֱלֹהִים֮'E.lo.HimH430heardוַיִּשְׁמַ֣עvai.yish.Ma'H8085thevoiceק֣וֹלKolH6963of theladהַנַּעַר֒ha.na.'ArH5288; and theangelמַלְאַ֨ךְmal.'AkhH4397ofGodאֱלֹהִ֤ים׀'E.lo.HimH430calledוַיִּקְרָא֩vai.yik.Ra'H7121toHagarהָגָר֙ha.GarH1904outמִן־min-H4480ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064, andsaidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoherH413,Whatמַה־mah-H4100aileth thee,Hagarהָגָ֑רha.GarH1904?fearתִּ֣ירְאִ֔יtir.'IH3372notאַל־'al-H408; forGodאֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimH430hathheardשָׁמַ֧עsha.Ma'H8085thevoiceק֥וֹלKolH6963of theladהַנַּ֖עַרha.Na.'arH5288whereבַּאֲשֶׁ֥רba.'a.SherH834he is.

18Ariseק֚וּמִיKu.miH6965,liftשְׂאִ֣יse.'IH5375upH6965theladהַנַּ֔עַרha.Na.'arH5288, andholdוְהַחֲזִ֥יקִיve.ha.cha.Zi.kiH2388him in thinehandיָדֵ֖ךְya.DekhH3027; for I willmakeאֲשִׂימֶֽנּוּ׃'a.si.Me.nuH7760him agreatגָּד֖וֹלga.DolH1419nationלְג֥וֹיle.GoyH1471.

19AndGodאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430openedוַיִּפְקַ֤חvai.yif.KachH6491herH7200eyesעֵינֶ֔יהָ'ei.Nei.haH5869, andsheH8248sawH7200awellבְּאֵ֣רbe.'ErH875ofwaterמָ֑יִםMa.yimH4325; andsheH8248went, andfilledוַתְּמַלֵּ֤אva.te.ma.Le'H4390the bottle withwaterמַ֔יִםMa.yimH4325, andgaveH8248theladהַנָּֽעַר׃ha.Na.'arH5288drinkוַתַּ֖שְׁקְva.TashkH8248.

20AndGodאֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimH430was with theladהַנַּ֖עַרha.Na.'arH5288, and hegrewוַיִּגְדָּ֑לvai.yig.DalH1431; and hedweltוַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙vai.Ye.shevH3427in thewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֔רba.mid.BarH4057, andbecameH1961an archer.

21And hedweltH3427in thewildernessבְּמִדְבַּ֣רbe.mid.BarH4057ofParanפָּארָ֑ןpa.RanH6290: and hismotherאִמּ֛וֹ'i.MoH517tookוַתִּֽקַּֽח־va.ti.kach-H3947him awifeאִשָּׁ֖ה'i.ShahH802outH3427of thelandמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃ פmitz.Ra.yimH4714.

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