King James Version KJV
Good News Translation GNT
1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
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The Lord blessed Sarah, as he had promised,
2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
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and she became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham when he was old. The boy was born at the time God had said he would be born.
3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
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Abraham named him Isaac,
4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
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and when Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded.
5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
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Abraham was a hundred years old when Isaac was born.
6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
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Sarah said, "God has brought me joy and laughter. Everyone who hears about it will laugh with me."
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.
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Then she added, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age."
8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
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The child grew, and on the day that he was weaned, Abraham gave a great feast.
9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
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One day Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham, was playing with Sarah's son Isaac.
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.
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Sarah saw them and said to Abraham, "Send this slave and her son away. The son of this woman must not get any part of your wealth, which my son Isaac should inherit."
11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.
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This troubled Abraham very much, because Ishmael also was his son.
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.
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But God said to Abraham, "Don't be worried about the boy and your slave Hagar. Do whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that you will have the descendants I have promised.
13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
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I will also give many children to the son of the slave woman, so that they will become a nation. He too is your son."
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 Beersheba.
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Early the next morning Abraham gave Hagar some food and a leather bag full of water. He put the child on her back and sent her away. She left and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.
15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
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When the water was all gone, she left the child under a bush
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.
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and sat down about a hundred yards away. She said to herself, "I can't bear to see my child die." While she was sitting there, she began to cry.
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.
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God heard the boy crying, and from heaven the angel of God spoke to Hagar, "What are you troubled about, Hagar? Don't be afraid. God has heard the boy crying.
18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
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Get up, go and pick him up, and comfort him. I will make a great nation out of his descendants."
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.
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Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well. She went and filled the leather bag with water and gave some to the boy.
20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
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God was with the boy as he grew up; he lived in the wilderness of Paran and became a skillful hunter.
21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
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His mother got an Egyptian wife for him.
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:
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At that time Abimelech went with Phicol, the commander of his army, and said to Abraham, "God is with you in everything you do.
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.
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So make a vow here in the presence of God that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. I have been loyal to you, so promise that you will also be loyal to me and to this country in which you are living."
24 And Abraham said, I will swear.
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Abraham said, "I promise."
25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
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Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well which the servants of Abimelech had seized.
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.
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Abimelech said, "I don't know who did this. You didn't tell me about it, and this is the first I have heard of it."
27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
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Then Abraham gave some sheep and cattle to Abimelech, and the two of them made an agreement.
28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
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Abraham separated seven lambs from his flock,
29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
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and Abimelech asked him, "Why did you do that?"
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.
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Abraham answered, "Accept these seven lambs. By doing this, you admit that I am the one who dug this well."
31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
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And so the place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them made a vow.
32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
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After they had made this agreement at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol went back to Philistia.
33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
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Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and worshiped the Lord, the Everlasting God.
34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
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Abraham lived in Philistia for a long time.
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