Genesis 21

1 THE LORD visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for her as He had promised.2 For Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time God had told him.3 Abraham named his son whom Sarah bore to him Isaac [laughter].4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.5 Abraham was a hundred years old when Isaac was born.6 And Sarah said, God has made me to laugh; all who hear will laugh with me.7 And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children at the breast? 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 the same day that Isaac was weaned.9 Now Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking [Isaac].10 Therefore she said to Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son, for the son of this bondwoman shall not be an heir with my son Isaac. 11 And the thing was very grievous (serious, evil) in Abraham’s sight on account of his son [Ishmael].12 God said to Abraham, Do not let it seem grievous and evil to you because of the youth and your bondwoman; in all that Sarah has said to you, do what she asks, for in Isaac shall your posterity be called. 13 And I will make a nation of the son of the bondwoman also, because he is your offspring.14 So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a bottle of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulders, and he sent her and the youth away. And she wandered on [aimlessly] and lost her way in the wilderness of Beersheba.15 When the water in the bottle was all gone, Hagar caused the youth to lie down under one of the shrubs.16 Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about a bowshot, for she said, Let me not see the death of the lad. And as she sat down opposite him, he lifted up his voice and wept and she raised her voice and wept.17 And God heard the voice of the youth, and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven and said to her, What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the youth where he is.18 Arise, raise up the youth and support him with your hand, for I intend to make him a great nation.19 Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the [empty] bottle with water and caused the youth to drink.20 And God was with the youth, and he developed; and he dwelt in the wilderness and became an archer.21 He dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran; and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.22 At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, God is with you in everything you do.23 So now, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my son or with my posterity; but as I have dealt with you kindly, you will do the same with me and with the land in which you have sojourned.24 And Abraham said, I will swear.25 When Abraham complained to and reasoned with Abimelech about a well of water [Abimelech’s] servants had violently seized,26 Abimelech said, I know not who did this thing; you did not tell me, and I did not hear of it until today.27 So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a league or covenant.28 Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs of the flock,29 And Abimelech said to Abraham, What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set apart mean?30 He said, You are to accept these seven ewe lambs from me as a witness for me that I dug this well.31 Therefore that place was called Beersheba [well of the oath], because there both parties swore an oath.32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba; then Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army returned to the land of the Philistines.33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and called there on the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.34 And Abraham sojourned in Philistia many days.

Genesis 22

1 AFTER THESE events, God tested and proved Abraham and said to him, Abraham! And he said, Here I am.2 [God] said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah; and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I will tell you.3 So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and his son Isaac; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and then began the trip to the place of which God had told him.4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.5 And Abraham said to his servants, Settle down and stay here with the donkey, and I and the young man will go yonder and worship and come again to you.6 Then Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it on [the shoulders of] Isaac his son, and he took the fire (the firepot) in his own hand, and a knife; and the two of them went on together.7 And Isaac said to Abraham, My father! And he said, Here I am, my son. [Isaac] said, See, here are the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt sacrifice?8 Abraham said, My son, God Himself will provide a lamb for the burnt offering. So the two went on together.9 When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there; then he laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar on the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand and took hold of the knife to slay his son. 11 But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, Abraham, Abraham! He answered, Here I am.12 And He said, Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear and revere God, since you have not held back from Me or begrudged giving Me your son, your only son.13 Then Abraham looked up and glanced around, and behold, behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering and an ascending sacrifice instead of his son!14 So Abraham called the name of that place The Lord Will Provide. And it is said to this day, On the mount of the Lord it will be provided.15 The Angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time16 And said, I have sworn by Myself, says the Lord, that since you have done this and have not withheld [from Me] or begrudged [giving Me] your son, your only son,17 In blessing I will bless you and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore. And your Seed (Heir) will possess the gate of His enemies, 18 And in your Seed [Christ] shall all the nations of the earth be blessed and [by Him] bless themselves, because you have heard and obeyed My voice. 19 So Abraham returned to his servants, and they rose up and went with him to Beersheba; there Abraham lived.20 Now after these things, it was told Abraham, Milcah has also borne children to your brother Nahor:21 Uz the firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.23 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

Genesis 23

1 SARAH LIVED 127 years; this was the length of the life of Sarah.2 And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead and said to the sons of Heth,4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me property for a burial place among you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.5 And the Hittites replied to Abraham,6 Listen to us, my lord; you are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in any tomb or grave of ours that you choose; none of us will withhold from you his tomb or hinder you from burying your dead.7 And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, the Hittites.8 And he said to them, If you are willing to grant my dead a burial out of my sight, listen to me and ask Ephron son of Zohar for me,9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he owns--it is at the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me here in your presence as a burial place to which I may hold fast among you.10 Now Ephron was present there among the sons of Heth; so, in the hearing of all who went in at the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, saying,11 No, my lord, hear me; I give you the field, and the cave that is in it I give you. In the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead.12 Then Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.13 And he said to Ephron in the presence of the people of the land, But if you will give it, I beg of you, hear me. I will give you the price of the field; accept it from me, and I will bury my dead there.14 Ephron replied to Abraham, saying,15 My lord, listen to me. The land is worth 400 shekels of silver; what is that between you and me? So bury your dead.16 So Abraham listened to what Ephron said and acted upon it. He weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: 400 shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants.17 So the field of Ephron in Machpelah, which was to the east of Mamre [Hebron]--the field and the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field and in all its borders round about--was made over18 As a possession to Abraham in the presence of the Hittites, before all who went in at his city gate.19 After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah to the east of Mamre, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan.20 The field and the cave in it were conveyed to Abraham for a permanent burial place by the sons of Heth.

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