Genesis - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 19

GEN ESIS. of Abimelek fruitful, and his servants sterilized those of the household of do all that Sarah has said against the as wel}, and they gave birth to chil- dren; because the EVER-LIVING had Abimelek, on account of Sarah the wife of Abraham. effected with Sarah what He had promised, andthe LORD did for Sarah conceiving, gave birth to a sou to Abraham in his old age, in the way that GOD had promised him. Abraham accordingly gave the son born to him, by Sarah, the name of Isaac; and Abraham circumcised Isaac on the eighth day, as GOD had instructed him. And Abraham was then one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. Sarah then said, ‘ GOD has made a delight for me; For He has heard my laugh to Him, All who hear will laugh with U and she continued, ‘ For Abraham I am a flowing brook, He has made me suckle children, For I have borne a son to his When thelad grew and was weaned,

Isaac with a great feast. Sarah also saw the son, which Hagar the Egyp- tian had borne to Abraham, playing; Drive out my slave shall not be an inheritor with my son Isaac} was very bad, in regard to his son; not be disheartening in your sight; 21—·28

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Abraham; and he returned Sarah his wife to him. And Abimelek said, 18 ‘ See my country is before you, stay wherever it is good for your eyes ;’ I have given a thousand gifts to this ‘ brother' of yours, for he must be a covering of the eyes to all who are with you, and to all who meet you.' Then Abraham appealed for Abime·

lek to GOD; and GOD made the wives W32 Qllrmttisz fnlfillzh in Exim:. 21 The Evan-Livmo afterwards z that which He had said; and Sarah (O Abraham celebrated the weaning of maid and her son, for the son of this

Wye ilznztnzh frmnisz in Ezbumzl. 1 1 But in Abrahams view, this speech Let it lad, and against his mother. Listen to what she says; for from Isaac I will nominate an Heir to you. And also 13 from the son of your second wife I will found a great nation :—— for he is your heir.’ Abraham accordingly rose up at

dawn; and taking bread and a skin of water, he placed them on the shoulder of Hagar, and the lad’s, and sent her away; and she went and wandered in the desert of Beer-sheba. When the water in the skin was ex— hausted, however, she placed the lad under a bush; and went and seated herself on theother side, for she said, ‘ I shall not then see the lad’s death. So she rested on the other side, and she raised her voice and wept. GOD then heard the voice of the youth, and a Messenger of GOD called from the sky to Hagar and said to her, ‘What, Hagar, is the matter? Be not afraid, for GOD has heard the voice of the lad, from where he is. Arise, take the lad, and support him, for I will make from him a great Nation} Then GOD opened her eyes, and she saw a spring of water, and she gave the lad a drink. Thus GOD gave life to the lad, and he grew, and dwelt in the desert, and became a mighty archer, and settled in the desert of Paran; and she took a wife for him from the land of Egypt. 16 18 zo 2r §\lrrn!;suxt’¤ iiirraig iuiil; Qlrimclzk. It was about this time that Abime— 22 lek, and Pikol the commander of his army, addressed Abraham, saying, ‘ GOD is with you in all that you do. So now take an oath to me before 23 GOD, that you may not deceive, and to my children and posterity, that the kindness which I have shown to you, you will show to me, and to the land where you have been a foreigner} I will take

the oath.” Abraham then reproved Abimelek about the affair of the well of water, which the servants of Abimelek had stolen. I did

not myself know of that matter; and neither did you report it to me; and I never heard it until to·day.’ Abraham then took sheep and oxen,

and gave to Abimelek, and the two entered into a treaty. Abimelek then asked Abraham, 1 The Well of the Oath.

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