Genesis 21:8–21

⁸The child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

Sarah Turns against Hagar

⁹Now Sarah saw ^athe son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, ^1bmocking.

¹⁰Therefore she said to Abraham, “^aDrive out this maid and her son, for the son of this maid shall not be an heir with my son ¹Isaac.”

^11aThe matter ¹distressed Abraham greatly because of his son.

¹²But God said to Abraham, “¹Do not be distressed because of the lad and your maid; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her, for ^athrough Isaac ²your descendants shall be named.

¹³“And of ^athe son of the maid I will make a nation also, because he is your ¹descendant.”

¹⁴So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a ¹skin of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and gave her the boy, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.

¹⁵When the water in the skin was used up, she ¹left the boy under one of the bushes.

¹⁶Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away, for she said, “Do not let me ¹see the boy die.” And she sat opposite him, and ^alifted up her voice and wept.

¹⁷God ^aheard the lad crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter with you, Hagar? ^bDo not fear, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.

¹⁸“Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him by ¹the hand, ^afor I will make a great nation of him.”

¹⁹Then God ^aopened her eyes and she saw ^ba well of water; and she went and filled the ¹skin with water and gave the lad a drink.

^20aGod was with the lad, and he grew; and he ¹lived in the wilderness and became an archer.

^21aHe ¹lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.