1 耶和华照着以前所说的， 眷顾撒拉； 耶和华按着他的应许， 给撒拉作成。 2 亚伯拉罕年老的时候， 撒拉怀了孕， 到了 神应许的日期， 就给亚伯拉罕生了一个儿子。 3 亚伯拉罕给撒拉为他所生的儿子， 起名叫以撒。 4 亚伯拉罕的儿子以撒生下来第八天， 亚伯拉罕就照着 神吩咐他的， 给以撒行了割礼。 5 他儿子以撒出生的时候， 亚伯拉罕正一百岁。 6 撒拉说： " 神使我欢笑， 凡听见的， 也必为我欢笑。" 7 又说： "谁能告诉亚伯拉罕， 撒拉要乳养儿女呢？在他年老的时候， 我竟给他生了一个儿子。" 8 孩子渐渐长大， 就断了奶。以撒断奶的那天， 亚伯拉罕摆设盛大的筵席。 9 撒拉看见那埃及人夏甲给亚伯拉罕所生的儿子在嬉戏， 就对亚伯拉罕说： 10 "把这婢女和她的儿子赶出去， 因为这婢女的儿子不能和我的儿子以撒一同承受产业。" 11 亚伯拉罕因他的儿子而非常烦恼。 12 神对亚伯拉罕说： "不要因这童子和你的婢女而烦恼。撒拉对你说的话， 你都要听从； 因为以撒生的， 才可以称为你的后裔。 13 至于这婢女的儿子， 我也要使他成为一国， 因为他也是你的后裔。" 14 亚伯拉罕清早起来， 拿饼和一皮袋水， 给了夏甲， 放在她的肩膀上， 又把孩子交给她， 就打发她离开。夏甲走了， 在别是巴的旷野飘荡。 15 皮袋里的水用尽了， 夏甲就把孩子撇在一棵小树底下。 16 然后自己走开， 在离开约有一箭之远的地方， 相对而坐， 说： "我不忍眼看孩子死去。"就相对坐着， 放声大哭。 17 神听见了童子的声音， 他的使者就从天上呼叫夏甲， 对她说： "夏甲啊， 你为什么这样呢？不要害怕， 因为孩子在那里所发的声音 神已经听见了。 18 起来， 扶起孩子， 尽力保护他； 因为我要使他成为大国。" 19 神开了夏甲的眼睛， 她就看见一口水井。她去把皮袋盛满了水， 就给孩子喝。 20 神与孩子同在， 他渐渐长大， 住在旷野， 成了个弓箭手。 21 他住在巴兰的旷野， 他的母亲从埃及地给他娶了一个妻子。 22 那时， 亚比米勒和他的军长非各对亚伯拉罕说： "在你所作的一切事上， 神都与你同在。 23 现在你要在这里指着 神对我起誓， 你不会以诡诈待我和我的子子孙孙。我怎样恩待了你， 你也要怎样恩待我和你寄居的地方。" 24 亚伯拉罕回答： "我愿意起誓。" 25 亚伯拉罕因亚比米勒的仆人强占了一口水井， 就指责亚比米勒。 26 亚比米勒说： "谁作了这事， 我不知道， 你都没有告诉我； 我现在才听见。" 27 于是亚伯拉罕牵了牛羊来， 送给亚比米勒， 二人就彼此立约。 28 亚伯拉罕把羊群中的七只母羊羔， 放在另外一处。 29 亚比米勒问亚伯拉罕： "你把这七只母羊羔放在另外一处， 是什么意思呢？" 30 亚伯拉罕回答： "意思就是： 你从我手里接受这七只母羊羔， 好作我挖了这口井的证据。" 31 因此那地方名叫别是巴， 因为他们二人在那里起了誓。 32 他们在别是巴立约以后， 亚比米勒和他的军长非各， 就起程回非利士地去了。 33 亚伯拉罕在别是巴栽了一棵垂丝柳树， 就在那里求告耶和华永活的 神的名。 34 亚伯拉罕在非利士人的地方寄居了许多日子。

1 And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken;2 and Sarah conceiveth, and beareth a son to Abraham, to his old age, at the appointed time that God hath spoken of with him;3 and Abraham calleth the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah hath born to him -- Isaac;4 and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son, [being] a son of eight days, as God hath commanded him.5 And Abraham [is] a son of a hundred years in Isaac his son being born to him,6 and Sarah saith, `God hath made laughter for me; every one who is hearing laugheth for me.`7 She saith also, `Who hath said to Abraham, Sarah hath suckled sons, that I have born a son for his old age?`8 And the lad groweth, and is weaned, and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac`s being weaned;9 and Sarah seeth the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she hath borne to Abraham, mocking,10 and she saith to Abraham, `Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of this handmaid hath no possession with my son -- with Isaac.`11 And the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son`s sake;12 and God saith unto Abraham, `Let it not be wrong in thine eyes because of the youth, and because of thy handmaid: all that Sarah saith unto thee -- hearken to her voice, for in Isaac is a seed called to thee.13 As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he [is] thy seed.`14 And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and taketh bread, and a bottle of water, and giveth unto Hagar (placing [it] on her shoulder), also the lad, and sendeth her out; and she goeth on, and goeth astray in the wilderness of Beer-Sheba;15 and the water is consumed from the bottle, and she placeth the lad under one of the shrubs.16 And she goeth and sitteth by herself over-against, afar off, about a bow-shot, for she said, `Let me not look on the death of the lad;` and she sitteth over-against, and lifteth up her voice, and weepeth.17 And God heareth the voice of the youth; and the messenger of God calleth unto Hagar from the heavens, and saith to her, `What to thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath hearkened unto the voice of the youth where he [is];18 rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set him.`19 And God openeth her eyes, and she seeth a well of water, and she goeth and filleth the bottle [with] water, and causeth the youth to drink;20 and God is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is an archer;21 and he dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother taketh for him a wife from the land of Egypt.22 And it cometh to pass at that time that Abimelech speaketh -- Phichol also, head of his host -- unto Abraham, saying, `God [is] with thee in all that thou art doing;23 and now, swear to me by God here: thou dost not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with thee thou dost with me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.`24 And Abraham saith, `I -- I do swear.`25 And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech`s servants have taken violently away,26 and Abimelech saith, `I have not known who hath done this thing, and even thou didst not declare to me, and I also, I have not heard save to-day.`27 And Abraham taketh sheep and oxen, and giveth to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;28 and Abraham setteth seven Lambs of the flock by themselves.29 And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, `What [are] they -- these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?`30 And he saith, `For -- the seven lambs thou dost accept from my hand, so that it becometh a witness for me that I have digged this well;`31 therefore hath he called that place `Beer-Sheba,` for there have both of them sworn.32 And they make a covenant in Beer-Sheba, and Abimelech riseth -- Phichol also, head of his host -- and they turn back unto the land of the Philistines;33 and [Abraham] planteth a tamarask in Beer-Sheba, and preacheth there in the name of Jehovah, God age-during;34 and Abraham sojourneth in the land of the Philistines many days.