of his son.
021:012 God said to Abraham, "Don't let it be grievous in your
sight because of the boy, and because of your handmaid.
In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice.
For from Isaac will your seed be called.
021:013 I will also make a nation of the son of the handmaid,
because he is your seed."
021:014 Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle
of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder;
and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed,
and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
021:015 The water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child
under one of the shrubs.
021:016 She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow
shot away. For she said, "Don't let me see the death of the child."
She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
021:017 God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called
to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, "What ails
you, Hagar? Don't be afraid. For God has heard the voice
of the boy where he is.
021:018 Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand.
For I will make him a great nation."
021:019 God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went,
filled the bottle with water, and gave the boy drink.
021:020 God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness,
and became, as he grew up, an archer.
021:021 He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife
for him out of the land of Egypt.
021:022 It happened at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain
of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all