1. THE Lord visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for her as He had promised.
2. For Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time God had told him.
3. Abraham named his son whom Sarah bore to him Isaac [laughter].
4. And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
5. Abraham was a hundred years old when Isaac was born.
6. And Sarah said, God has made me to laugh; all who hear will laugh with me.
7. And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children at the breast? For I have borne him a son in his old age! [Heb. 11:12.]
8. And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
9. Now Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking [Isaac].
10. Therefore she said to Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son, for the son of this bondwoman shall not be an heir with my son Isaac. [Gal. 4:28-31.]
11. And the thing was very grievous (serious, evil) in Abraham's sight on account of his son [Ishmael].
12. God said to Abraham, Do not let it seem grievous and evil to you because of the youth and your bondwoman; in all that Sarah has said to you, do what she asks, for in Isaac shall your posterity be called. [Rom. 9:7.]
13. And I will make a nation of the son of the bondwoman also, because he is your offspring.
14. So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a bottle of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulders, and he sent her and the youth away. And she wandered on [aimlessly] and lost her way in the wilderness of Beersheba.
15. When the water in the bottle was all gone, Hagar caused the youth to lie down under one of the shrubs.