1 Then the Lord visited Sarah, just as he had promised; and he fulfilled what he had spoken.
2 And she conceived and gave birth to a son in her old age, at the time that God had foretold to her.
3 And Abraham called the name of his son, whom Sarah bore for him, Isaac.
4 And he circumcised him on the eighth day, just as God had instructed him,
5 when he was one hundred years old. Indeed, at this stage of his father’s life, Isaac was born.
6 And Sarah said: “God has brought laughter to me. Whoever will hear of it will laugh with me.”
7 And again, she said: “Hearing this, who would believe Abraham, that Sarah breast-fed a son, to whom she gave birth, despite being elderly?”
8 And the boy grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day of his weaning.
9 And when Sarah had seen the son of Hagar the Egyptian playing with her son Isaac, she said to Abraham:
10 “Cast out this woman servant and her son. For the son of a woman servant will not be heir with my son Isaac.”
11 Abraham took this grievously, for the sake of his son.
12 And God said to him: “Let it not seem harsh to you concerning the boy and your woman servant. In all that Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice. For your offspring will be invoked in Isaac.
13 Yet I will also make the son of the woman servant into a great nation, for he is your offspring.”
14 And so Abraham arose in the morning, and taking bread and a skin of water, he placed it upon her shoulder, and he handed over the boy, and he released her. And when she had departed, she wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
15 And when the water in the skin had been consumed, she set aside the boy, under one of the trees that were there.
16 And she moved away and sat in a distant area, as far as a bow can reach. For she said, “I shall not see the boy die.” And so, sitting opposite her, he lifted up his voice and wept.
17 But God heard the voice of the boy. And an Angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, saying: “What are you doing, Hagar? Do not be afraid. For God has heeded the voice of the boy, from the place where he is.
18 Rise up. Take the boy and hold him by the hand. For I will make of him a great nation.”
19 And God opened her eyes. And seeing a well of water, she went and filled the skin, and she gave the boy to drink.
20 And God was with him. And he grew, and he stayed in the wilderness, and he became a young man, an archer.
21 And he lived in the desert of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
22 At the same time, Abimelech and Phicol, the leader of his army, said to Abraham: “God is with you in everything that you do.
23 Therefore, swear by God that you will do no harm to me, and to my posterity, and to my stock. But according to the mercy that I have done to you, you will do to me and to the land, to which you have turned as a newcomer.”
24 And Abraham said, “I will swear.”
25 And he reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.
26 And Abimelech responded, “I do not know who did this thing, but you also did not reveal it to me, nor have I heard of it, before today.”
27 And so Abraham took sheep and oxen, and he gave them to Abimelech. And both of them struck a pact.
28 And Abraham set aside seven female lambs from the flock.
29 Abimelech said to him, “What purpose have these seven female lambs, which you have caused to stand separately?”
30 But he said, “You will receive seven female lambs from my hand, so that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well.”
31 For this reason, that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them did swear.
32 And they initiated a pact on behalf of the well of oath.
33 Then Abimelech and Phicol, the leader of his army, rose up, and they returned to the land of the Palestinians. In truth, Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the Lord God Eternal.
34 And he was a settler in the land of the Palestinians for many days.
Versículos relacionados com Genesis, 21:
Genesis 21 tells the birth of Isaac, son of Abraham and Sarah, fulfilling God's promise to make them parents of a great nation. The chapter also describes the expulsion of Agar and Ishmael, son of Abraham with the servant agar, whom he feared to threaten Isaac's inheritance. The verses selected below relate to the topics of fulfillment of promises, divine protection, sacrifice and obedience.
Hebrews 11:11-12: "By faith also the same Sarah received the virtue of conceiving, and gave birth to the age, because he had faithful who had promised. Therefore also one, and this already damaged, They descended as many, in a crowd, like the stars of the sky, and as the innumerable sand that is on the beach of the sea. " These verses relate to the theme of fulfilling promises in Genesis 21, highlighting Sarah's faith in God, who fulfilled his promise to give him a son even in his old age.
Psalm 34:7: "The angel of the Lord camp around those who fear him, and delivers them." This verse talks about divine protection, which is seen in Genesis 21 when God protects Isaac and his family from external dangers.
Hebrews 11:17-19: "By faith Abraham, being proved, he offered Isaac; yes, he who had received the promises offered his only begotten about who had said unto him," Isaac will be called your descent; judging that God was powerful to even the dead rise it. " These verses relate to the theme of sacrifice in Genesis 21, highlighting Abraham's faith in God, which leads him to be willing to offer his own Son as a sacrifice.
Proverbs 3:5-6: "Trust the Lord of all your heart, and do not stir in your own understanding. Recognizes him in all your ways, and he will straighten your paths." These verses talk about the importance of trust in God and submission to Him in all areas of life, which is a central theme in Genesis 21.
1 Samuel 15:22: "But Samuel said, The Lord has so much pleasure in burnt offering and sacrifices, as well as to obey the word of the Lord? The fat of sheep. " This verse relates to the theme of obedience in Genesis 21, highlighting the importance of obeying God's will rather than relying only on external sacrifices.
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