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== Bereishis (Book of Genesis), Chapter 21 ==

<named id="1"/>1 And HaShem remembered Sarah as He had said, and HaShem did unto Sarah as He had spoken.

<named id="2"/>2 And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which G-d had spoken to him.

<named id="3"/>3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

<named id="4"/>4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as G-d had commanded him.

<named id="5"/>5 And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

<named id="6"/>6 And Sarah said: 'G-d hath made laughter for me; every one that heareth will laugh on account of me.'

<named id="7"/>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.'

<named id="8"/>8 And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

<named id="9"/>9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, making sport.

<named id="10"/>10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham: 'Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.'

<named id="11"/>11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son.

<named id="12"/>12 And G-d said unto Abraham: 'Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall seed be called to thee.

<named id="13"/>13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.'

<named id="14"/>14 And Abraham arose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away; and she departed, and strayed in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

<named id="15"/>15 And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

<named id="16"/>16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow-shot; 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.

<named id="17"/>17 And G-d heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of G-d called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her: 'What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for G-d hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.

<named id="18"/>18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him fast by thy hand; for I will make him a great nation.'

<named id="19"/>19 And G-d opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

<named id="20"/>20 And G-d was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

<named id="21"/>21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

<named id="22"/>22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spoke unto Abraham, saying: 'G-d is with thee in all that thou doest.

<named id="23"/>23 Now therefore swear unto me here by G-d 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.'

<named id="24"/>24 And Abraham said: 'I will swear.'

<named id="25"/>25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

<named id="26"/>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.'

<named id="27"/>27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and they two made a covenant.

<named id="28"/>28 And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.

<named id="29"/>29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham: 'What mean these seven ewe-lambs which thou hast set by themselves?'

<named id="30"/>30 And he said: 'Verily, these seven ewe-lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.'

<named id="31"/>31 Wherefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there they swore both of them.

<named id="32"/>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.

<named id="33"/>33 And Abraham planted a tamarisk-tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of HaShem, the Everlasting G-d.

<named id="34"/>34 And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

== See also ==
* [[Bereishis 20|Previous Chapter]]
* [[Bereishis 21 Commentaries]]
* [[Bereishis 22|Next Chapter]]

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