{"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/ylt/genesis/21","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T03:03:35.401Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":21,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":20,"nextChapter":22,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":34},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"and Sarah conceiveth, and beareth a son to Abraham, to his old age, at the appointed time that God hath spoken of with him;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"and Abraham calleth the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah hath born to him — Isaac;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son, being a son of eight days, as God hath commanded him."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And Abraham is a son of a hundred years in Isaac his son being born to him,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"and Sarah saith, 'God hath made laughter for me; every one who is hearing laugheth for me.'"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"She saith also, 'Who hath said to Abraham, Sarah hath suckled sons, that I have born a son for his old age?'"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And the lad groweth, and is weaned, and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac's being weaned;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"and Sarah seeth the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she hath borne to Abraham, mocking,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"and she saith to Abraham, 'Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of this handmaid hath no possession with my son — with Isaac.'"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son's sake;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"and God saith unto Abraham, 'Let it not be wrong in thine eyes because of the youth, and because of thy handmaid: all that Sarah saith unto thee — hearken to her voice, for in Isaac is a seed called to thee."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he is thy seed.'"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and taketh bread, and a bottle of water, and giveth unto Hagar (placing it on her shoulder), also the lad, and sendeth her out; and she goeth on, and goeth astray in the wilderness of Beer-Sheba;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"and the water is consumed from the bottle, and she placeth the lad under one of the shrubs."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And she goeth and sitteth by herself over-against, afar off, about a bow-shot, for she said, 'Let me not look on the death of the lad;' and she sitteth over-against, and lifteth up her voice, and weepeth."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And God heareth the voice of the youth; and the messenger of God calleth unto Hagar from the heavens, and saith to her, 'What to thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath hearkened unto the voice of the youth where he is;"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set him.'"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And God openeth her eyes, and she seeth a well of water, and she goeth and filleth the bottle with water, and causeth the youth to drink;"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"and God is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is an archer;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"and he dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother taketh for him a wife from the land of Egypt."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And it cometh to pass at that time that Abimelech speaketh — Phichol also, head of his host — unto Abraham, saying, 'God is with thee in all that thou art doing;"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"and now, swear to me by God here: thou dost not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with thee thou dost with me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.'"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And Abraham saith, 'I — I do swear.'"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech's servants have taken violently away,"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"and Abimelech saith, 'I have not known who hath done this thing, and even thou didst not declare to me, and I also, I have not heard save to-day.'"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And Abraham taketh sheep and oxen, and giveth to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"and Abraham setteth seven Lambs of the flock by themselves."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, 'What are they — these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?'"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And he saith, 'For — the seven lambs thou dost accept from my hand, so that it becometh a witness for me that I have digged this well;'"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"therefore hath he called that place 'Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"And they make a covenant in Beer-Sheba, and Abimelech riseth — Phichol also, head of his host — and they turn back unto the land of the Philistines;"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"and Abraham planteth a tamarisk in Beer-Sheba, and preacheth there in the name of Jehovah, God age-during;"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"and Abraham sojourneth in the land of the Philistines many days."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 21 (YLT)","markdown":"[Genesis 21](https://primebible.com/ylt/genesis/21)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/genesis/21 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}