Genesis 21:8-21

Legacy Standard Bible

Sarah Sends Hagar Away

⁸ And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. ⁹ And Sarah saw ^(A)the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, ^[a](B)laughing in jest. ¹⁰ Therefore she said to Abraham, “^(C)Drive out this maidservant and her son! The son of this maidservant shall not be an heir with my son, with Isaac.” ^11 (D)And the matter ^[b]distressed Abraham greatly because of his son. ¹² So God said to Abraham, “^[c]Do not be distressed because of the boy and your maidservant; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her voice, for ^(E)through Isaac your seed shall be named. ¹³ And of ^(F)the son of the maidservant I will make a nation also, because he is your seed.” ¹⁴ So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a ^[d]skin of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and gave her the child, and sent her away. So she went and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.

¹⁵ When the water in the skin was finished, she ^[e]put the child under one of the bushes. ¹⁶ Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away, for she said, “Do not let me ^[f]see when the child dies.” And she sat opposite him and ^(G)lifted up her voice and wept. ¹⁷ Then God ^(H)heard the voice of the boy crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter with you, Hagar? ^(I)Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. ¹⁸ Arise, lift up the boy, and hold him by ^[g]the hand, ^(J)for I will make a great nation of him.” ¹⁹ Then God ^(K)opened her eyes, and she saw ^(L)a well of water; and she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

^20 (M)And God was with the boy, and he grew; and he ^[h]lived in the wilderness and was an archer. ^21 (N)And he ^[i]lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.