| NET Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1The LORD visited Sarah just as he had said he would and did for Sarah what he had promised. | 1The LORD came to Sarah, just as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised. |
| 2So Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the appointed time that God had told him. | 2Sarah conceived and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age, at the very time that God had told him. |
| 3Abraham named his son--whom Sarah bore to him--Isaac. | 3Abraham named his son who was born to him Isaac—the very one whom Sarah bore for him! |
| 4When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded him to do. | 4On the eighth day after his son Isaac had been born, Abraham circumcised him, just as God had commanded him. |
| 5(Now Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.) | 5Abraham was 100 years old when his son Isaac was born to him. |
| 6Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me." | 6Now Sarah had said, "God has caused me to laugh, and all who hear about it will laugh with me." |
| 7She went on to say, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have given birth to a son for him in his old age!" | 7She also said, "Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse sons? Yet I have given birth to a son in my husband's old age!" |
| 8The child grew and was weaned. Abraham prepared a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. | 8The child grew and eventually was weaned, so Abraham threw a tremendous banquet on the very day Isaac was weaned. |
| 9But Sarah noticed the son of Hagar the Egyptian--the son whom Hagar had borne to Abraham--mocking. | 9Nevertheless, when Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian—whom Hagar had borne to Abraham—making fun of Isaac, |
| 10So she said to Abraham, "Banish that slave woman and her son, for the son of that slave woman will not be an heir along with my son Isaac!" | 10she told Abraham, "Throw out this slave girl, along with her son, because this slave's son will never be a co-heir with my son Isaac!" |
| 11Sarah's demand displeased Abraham greatly because Ishmael was his son. | 11Abraham was very troubled about what was being said about his son, |
| 12But God said to Abraham, "Do not be upset about the boy or your slave wife. Do all that Sarah is telling you because through Isaac your descendants will be counted. | 12but God told Abraham, "Don't be troubled about the youth and your slave girl. Pay attention to Sarah in everything she tells you, because your offspring are to be named through Isaac. |
| 13But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too." | 13Nevertheless, I will make the slave girl's son into a nation, since he, too, is your offspring." |
| 14Early in the morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He put them on her shoulders, gave her the child, and sent her away. So she went wandering aimlessly through the wilderness of Beer Sheba. | 14So early the next morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a leather bottle of water, gave them to Hagar, and placed them on her shoulder. He then sent her away, along with the child. She went off and roamed in the Beer-sheba wilderness. |
| 15When the water in the skin was gone, she shoved the child under one of the shrubs. | 15Eventually, the water in the leather bottle ran out, so she placed the child under one of the bushes. |
| 16Then she went and sat down by herself across from him at quite a distance, about a bowshot away; for she thought, "I refuse to watch the child die." So she sat across from him and wept uncontrollably. | 16Then she went and sat by herself about a distance of a bowshot away, because she kept saying to herself, "I can't bear to watch the child die!" That's why she sat a short distance away, crying aloud and weeping. |
| 17But God heard the boy's voice. The angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her, "What is the matter, Hagar? Don't be afraid, for God has heard the boy's voice right where he is crying. | 17God heard the boy's voice, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven. He asked her, "What's wrong with you, Hagar? Don't be afraid, because God has heard the voice of the youth where he is. |
| 18Get up! Help the boy up and hold him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation." | 18Get up! Pick up the youth and grab his hand, because I will make a great nation of his descendants." |
| 19Then God enabled Hagar to see a well of water. She went over and filled the skin with water, and then gave the boy a drink. | 19Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went, filled the skin with water, and gave the boy a drink. |
| 20God was with the boy as he grew. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer. | 20God was with the boy as he grew up. He settled in the wilderness and became an expert archer. |
| 21He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother found a wife for him from the land of Egypt. | 21Later he settled in the desert area of Paran, and his mother chose a wife for him from the land of Egypt. |
| 22At that time Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, "God is with you in all that you do. | 22About that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, told Abraham, "God is with you in everything that you're doing. |
| 23Now swear to me right here in God's name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you." | 23Therefore swear an oath here by God that you won't deal falsely with me, my sons, or my descendants. Just as I've dealt graciously with you, won't you do so with me and with the land in which you live as a foreigner?" |
| 24Abraham said, "I swear to do this." | 24And Abraham replied, "I agree!" |
| 25But Abraham lodged a complaint against Abimelech concerning a well that Abimelech's servants had seized. | 25But then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well of water that Abimelech's servants had seized. |
| 26"I do not know who has done this thing," Abimelech replied. "Moreover, you did not tell me. I did not hear about it until today." | 26"I don't know who did this thing," Abimelech replied. "You didn't report this to me, and I didn't hear about it until today." |
| 27Abraham took some sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech. The two of them made a treaty. | 27So Abraham took sheep and oxen and presented them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant. |
| 28Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs apart from the flock by themselves. | 28Then Abraham set aside seven ewe lambs, |
| 29Abimelech asked Abraham, "What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?" | 29so Abimelech asked Abraham, "What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set aside?" |
| 30He replied, "You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well." | 30He replied, "You are to accept from me these seven ewe lambs as a witness that I have dug this well." |
| 31That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there. | 31Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba, because the two of them swore an oath. |
| 32So they made a treaty at Beer Sheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines. | 32So after they had made a covenant in Beer-sheba, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, left and returned to Philistine territory. |
| 33Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer Sheba. There he worshiped the LORD, the eternal God. | 33Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD God Everlasting. |
| 34So Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for quite some time. | 34After this, Abraham resided as a foreigner in Philistine territory for a long period of time. |
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