1 Visitou o Senhor a Sara, como lhe dissera, e o Senhor cumpriu o que lhe havia prometido. 2 Sara concebeu e deu à luz um filho a Abraão na sua velhice, no tempo determinado, de que Deus lhe falara. 3 Ao filho que lhe nasceu, que Sara lhe dera à luz, pôs Abraão o nome de Isaque. 4 Abraão circuncidou a seu filho Isaque, quando este era de oito dias, segundo Deus lhe havia ordenado. 5 Tinha Abraão cem anos, quando lhe nasceu Isaque, seu filho. 6 E disse Sara: Deus me deu motivo de riso; e todo aquele que ouvir isso vai rir-se juntamente comigo. 7 E acrescentou: Quem teria dito a Abraão que Sara amamentaria um filho? Pois na sua velhice lhe dei um filho.

8 Isaque cresceu e foi desmamado. Nesse dia em que o menino foi desmamado, deu Abraão um grande banquete. 9 Vendo Sara que o filho de Agar, a egípcia, o qual ela dera à luz a Abraão, caçoava de Isaque, 10 disse a Abraão: Rejeita essa escrava e seu filho; porque o filho dessa escrava não será herdeiro com Isaque, meu filho. 11 Pareceu isso mui penoso aos olhos de Abraão, por causa de seu filho. 12 Disse, porém, Deus a Abraão: Não te pareça isso mal por causa do moço e por causa da tua serva; atende a Sara em tudo o que ela te disser; porque por Isaque será chamada a tua descendência. 13 Mas também do filho da serva farei uma grande nação, por ser ele teu descendente. 14 Levantou-se, pois, Abraão de madrugada, tomou pão e um odre de água, pô-los às costas de Agar, deu-lhe o menino e a despediu. Ela saiu, andando errante pelo deserto de Berseba.

15 Tendo-se acabado a água do odre, colocou ela o menino debaixo de um dos arbustos 16 e, afastando-se, foi sentar-se defronte, à distância de um tiro de arco; porque dizia: Assim, não verei morrer o menino; e, sentando-se em frente dele, levantou a voz e chorou. 17 Deus, porém, ouviu a voz do menino; e o Anjo de Deus chamou do céu a Agar e lhe disse: Que tens, Agar? Não temas, porque Deus ouviu a voz do menino, daí onde está. 18 Ergue-te, levanta o rapaz, segura-o pela mão, porque eu farei dele um grande povo. 19 Abrindo-lhe Deus os olhos, viu ela um poço de água, e, indo a ele, encheu de água o odre, e deu de beber ao rapaz. 20 Deus estava com o rapaz, que cresceu, habitou no deserto e se tornou flecheiro; 21 habitou no deserto de Parã, e sua mãe o casou com uma mulher da terra do Egito.

22 Por esse tempo, Abimeleque e Ficol, comandante do seu exército, disseram a Abraão: Deus é contigo em tudo o que fazes; 23 agora, pois, jura-me aqui por Deus que me não mentirás, nem a meu filho, nem a meu neto; e sim que usarás comigo e com a terra em que tens habitado daquela mesma bondade com que eu te tratei. 24 Respondeu Abraão: Juro.

25 Nada obstante, Abraão repreendeu a Abimeleque por causa de um poço de água que os servos deste lhe haviam tomado à força. 26 Respondeu-lhe Abimeleque: Não sei quem terá feito isso; também nada me fizeste saber, nem tampouco ouvi falar disso, senão hoje. 27 Tomou Abraão ovelhas e bois e deu-os a Abimeleque; e fizeram ambos uma aliança. 28 Pôs Abraão à parte sete cordeiras do rebanho. 29 Perguntou Abimeleque a Abraão: Que significam as sete cordeiras que puseste à parte? 30 Respondeu Abraão: Receberás de minhas mãos as sete cordeiras, para que me sirvam de testemunho de que eu cavei este poço. 31 Por isso, se chamou aquele lugar Berseba, porque ali juraram eles ambos. 32 Assim, fizeram aliança em Berseba; levantaram-se Abimeleque e Ficol, comandante do seu exército, e voltaram para as terras dos filisteus. 33 Plantou Abraão tamargueiras em Berseba e invocou ali o nome do Senhor, Deus Eterno. 34 E foi Abraão, por muito tempo, morador na terra dos filisteus.

1 And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did unto Sarah as he had spoken. 2 And Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. 4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5 And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. 6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh; every one that heareth will laugh with me. 7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck? for I have borne him a son in his old age.

8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. 9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, mocking. 10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son: for the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. 11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son. 12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy handmaid; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. 13 And also of the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. 14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and gave her the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. 15 And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. 16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not look upon the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept. 17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand; for I will make him a great nation. 19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. 20 And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: 23 now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away. 26 And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day. 27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and they two made a covenant. 28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. 29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? 30 And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. 31 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them. 32 So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. 33 And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God. 34 And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

1 Now the LORD was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised.

2 Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him.

3 Abraham gave the name Isaac "to the son Sarah bore him.

4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God commanded him.

5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

6 Sarah said, "God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me."

7 And she added, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age."

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

9 But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking,

10 and she said to Abraham, "Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman's son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac."

11 The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son.

12 But God said to him, "Do not be so distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring "will be reckoned.

13 I will make the son of the slave into a nation also, because he is your offspring."

14 Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.

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

16 Then she went off and sat down about a bowshot away, for she thought, "I cannot watch the boy die." And as she sat there, she "began to sob.

17 God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.

18 Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation."

19 Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

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

21 While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.

22 At that time Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces said to Abraham, "God is with you in everything you do.

23 Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants. Show to me and the country where you now reside as a foreigner the same kindness I have shown to you."

24 Abraham said, "I swear it."

25 Then Abraham complained to Abimelek about a well of water that Abimelek's servants had seized.

26 But Abimelek said, "I don't know who has done this. You did not tell me, and I heard about it only today."

27 So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelek, and the two men made a treaty.

28 Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs from the flock,

29 and Abimelek asked Abraham, "What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?"

30 He replied, "Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well."

31 So that place was called Beersheba, "because the two men swore an oath there.

32 After the treaty had been made at Beersheba, Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces returned to the land of the Philistines.

33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.

34 And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for a long time.