1.
And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken. Explain This Verse
2.
For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. Explain This Verse
3.
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. Explain This Verse
4.
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. Explain This Verse
5.
And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. Explain This Verse
6.
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. Explain This Verse
7.
And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age. Explain This Verse
8.
And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. Explain This Verse
9.
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
11.
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son. Explain This Verse
12.
And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. Explain This Verse
13.
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. Explain This Verse
14.
And Abraham rose 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 wandered in the wilderness of Beer–sheba. Explain This Verse
15.
And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. Explain This Verse
16.
And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. Explain This Verse
17.
And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Explain This Verse
18.
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation. Explain This Verse
19.
And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. Explain This Verse
20.
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. Explain This Verse
21.
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. Explain This Verse
22.
And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: Explain This Verse
23.
Now therefore swear unto me here by God 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. Explain This Verse
25.
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away. Explain This Verse
26.
And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day. Explain This Verse
27.
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. Explain This Verse
28.
And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. Explain This Verse
29.
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? Explain This Verse
30.
And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. Explain This Verse
31.
Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them. Explain This Verse
32.
Thus they made a covenant at Beer–sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. Explain This Verse
33.
And Abraham planted a grove in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God. Explain This Verse
34.
And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days. Explain This Verse