⁹And Sarah seeth the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she hath borne to Abraham, mocking, ¹⁰and 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.’ ¹¹And the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son’s sake; ¹²and 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. ¹³As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he is thy seed.’

¹⁴And 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; ¹⁵and the water is consumed from the bottle, and she placeth the lad under one of the shrubs. ¹⁶And 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. ¹⁷And 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; ¹⁸rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set him.’ ¹⁹And 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; ²⁰and God is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is an archer; ²¹and he dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother taketh for him a wife from the land of Egypt.

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