{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/genesis/21","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:44:30.985Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":21,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":20,"nextChapter":22,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":34},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, <i>so that</i> all that hear will laugh with me."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born <i>him</i> a son in his old age."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the <i>same</i> day that Isaac was weaned."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"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, <i>even</i> with Isaac."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he <i>is</i> thy seed."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave <i>it</i> unto Hagar, putting <i>it</i> on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And she went, and sat her down over against <i>him</i> 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 <i>him</i>, and lift up her voice, and wept."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"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 <i>is</i>."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God <i>is</i> with thee in all that thou doest:"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"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: <i>but</i> according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And Abraham said, I will swear."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I <i>of it</i>, but to day."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What <i>mean</i> these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And he said, For <i>these</i> seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"And <i>Abraham</i> planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 21 (KJV)","markdown":"[Genesis 21](https://primebible.com/kjv/genesis/21)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/genesis/21 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}