Genesis 21:8–21

Hagar and Ishmael Depart

⁸So the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the same day that Isaac was weaned.

⁹And Sarah saw the son of Hagar ^lthe Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, ^mscoffing. ³¹⁰Therefore she said to Abraham, ⁿ“Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, namely with Isaac.” ¹¹And the matter was very ⁴displeasing in Abraham’s sight ^obecause of his son.

¹²But God said to Abraham, “Do not let it be displeasing in your sight because of the lad or because of your bondwoman. Whatever Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for ^pin Isaac your seed shall be called. ¹³Yet I will also make ^qa nation of the son of the bondwoman, because he is your ⁵seed.”

¹⁴So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and ⁶a skin of water; and putting it on her shoulder, he gave it and the boy to Hagar, and ^rsent her away. Then she departed and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba. ¹⁵And the water in the skin was used up, and she placed the boy under one of the shrubs. ¹⁶Then she went and sat down across from him at a distance of about a bowshot; for she said to herself, “Let me not see the death of the boy.” So she sat opposite him, and lifted her voice and wept.

¹⁷And ^sGod heard the voice of the lad. Then the ^tangel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, “What ails you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is. ¹⁸Arise, lift up the lad and hold him with your hand, for ^uI will make him a great nation.”

¹⁹Then ^vGod opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water, and gave the lad a drink. ²⁰So God ^wwas with the lad; and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, ^xand became an archer. ²¹He dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran; and his mother ^ytook a wife for him from the land of Egypt.