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
slave 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 servant. 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 servant 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.
Genesis 22:1-19
The Birth of Isaac
Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away
