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Genesis 21 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Isaac Is Born

(Heb 11:11 )
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:1 - And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:2 - and Sarah conceiveth, and beareth a son to Abraham, to his old age, at the appointed time that God hath spoken of with him;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:3 - and Abraham calleth the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah hath born to him -- Isaac;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:4 - and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son, being a son of eight days, as God hath commanded him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:5 - And Abraham is a son of a hundred years in Isaac his son being born to him,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:6 - and Sarah saith, 'God hath made laughter for me; every one who is hearing laugheth for me.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:7 - She saith also, 'Who hath said to Abraham, Sarah hath suckled sons, that I have born a son for his old age?'
(Gal 4:21–30 )
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:8 - And the lad groweth, and is weaned, and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac's being weaned;

Sarah Turns against Hagar

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:9 - and Sarah seeth the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she hath borne to Abraham, mocking,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:10 - 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.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:11 - And the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son's sake;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:13 - As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he is thy seed.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14 - 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:15 - and the water is consumed from the bottle, and she placeth the lad under one of the shrubs.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:16 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:17 - 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:18 - rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set him.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:19 - 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:20 - and God is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is an archer;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:21 - and he dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother taketh for him a wife from the land of Egypt.

Covenant with Abimelech

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:22 - 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:23 - 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.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:24 - And Abraham saith, 'I -- I do swear.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech's servants have taken violently away,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:26 - 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.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:27 - And Abraham taketh sheep and oxen, and giveth to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:28 - and Abraham setteth seven Lambs of the flock by themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:29 - And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, 'What are they -- these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:30 - 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;'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:31 - therefore hath he called that place 'Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32 - 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:33 - and Abraham planteth a tamarask in Beer-Sheba, and preacheth there in the name of Jehovah, God age-during;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:34 - and Abraham sojourneth in the land of the Philistines many days.
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The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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