| 1 The promise of life touched Sarah's
receptiveness and prepared thought as it had been
declared, and it happened for Sarah as was foretold, |
And the LORD visited Sarah
as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had
spoken. |
| 2 For Sarah perceived and presented a son to
Abraham in his advanced years, at the set time which had
been revealed to him. |
For Sarah conceived, and
bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of
which God had spoken to him. |
| 3 Joy constitutes man^, was how Abraham called
the nature of his son that was given him, whom Sarah
perceived with him, whom he named Isaac. |
And Abraham called the name
of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to
him, Isaac. |
| 4 Accordingly Abraham severed the fleshly
beliefs about his son Isaac, in the Jehovistic manner,
but also in the manner that God had commanded him to do. |
And Abraham circumcised his
son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
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| 5 When the advent of his son Isaac took place,
Abraham was an hundred years old. |
And Abraham was an hundred
years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. |
| 6 Now Sarah said, "God has made me to laugh
for joy, so that all who perceive it will rejoice with
me." |
And Sarah said, God hath
made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with
me. |
| 7 And she added, "Who would have said to
Abraham, that Sarah would have nursed a child? For I have
delivered him a son in his old age." |
And she said, Who would have
said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children
suck? for I have born him a son in his old age. |
| 8 When the child grew and was weaned, Abraham
made a great feast that same day that Isaac made a stride
toward independence. |
And the child grew, and was
weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that
Isaac was weaned. |
| 9 Then Sarah saw the son of Hagar, the Egyptian,
which she had delivered unto Abraham, mocking. |
And Sarah saw the son of
Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham,
mocking. |
| 10 Wherefore she said to Abraham, "Cast out
this bondwoman and her son, for the son of this bondwoman
must not be heir with my son, nor equal with Isaac."
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Wherefore she said unto
Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son
of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even
with Isaac. |
| 11 So this turn of events became very grievous
to Abraham because of his son. |
And the thing was very
grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son. |
| 12 But God revealed to Abraham, "Do not
grieve because of the lad, nor because of your
maidservant; in all that Sarah has said to you, heed her
advice, for it is through Isaac that your progeny will
discern my call. |
And God said unto Abraham,
Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad,
and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said
unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy
seed be called. |
| 13 "Also, I will manifest, after the
character of this maidservant's son, a nation, because he
is your offspring." |
And also of the son of the
bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. |
| 14 Abraham rose up early in the morning, and
enlightened Hagar as to spiritual Truth, and the
usefulness of Mind's elements, putting it so that she
could bare it. Then he sent her away with the child, and
she departed to wander in the wilderness of human hopes -
Beer-Sheba^. |
And Abraham rose up early in
the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and
gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the
child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered
in the wilderness of Beersheba. |
| 15 Now when embodied human belief became
exhausted, she put the child under one of the bushes. |
And the water was spent in
the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the
shrubs. |
| 16 And in ignorance she assumed a position
against him a good way off, as it were a lethal bowshot,
for she thought, "Do not let me see the child's
death." Yet unawares she had assumed a position
against him, she wept with a loud voice. |
And she went, and sat her
down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow
shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the
child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her
voice, and wept. |
| 17 But God heard the voice of the lad, and the
harmonious thoughts of divine Life concurred with Hagar's
hope, revealing to her, "What ails you, Hagar? Fear
not, for God hears the voice of the lad where he is. |
And God heard the voice of
the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of
heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear
not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
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| 18 "Arise, lift up your perception of the
lad, and hold him in the power of Spirit, for the
almighty I-am will make him a great patriarch." |
Arise, lift up the lad, and
hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great
nation. |
| 19 As her understanding opened to divine Mind,
she perceived the source of Mind's elements; and she
filled her thought with inspiration from divine Mind,
which refreshed the lad. |
And God opened her eyes, and
she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the
bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. |
| 20 So God was with the lad, and he grew and
dwelt in the wilderness of the higher human hopes,
becoming an archer. |
And God was with the lad;
and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an
archer. |
| 21 While he dwelt in the wilderness of human
hopes in Paran, his mother found for him a wife from the
land of Egypt. |
And he dwelt in the
wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out
of the land of Egypt. |
| 22 Now it came to pass at that time, that
Abimelech and the chief captain of his guard, Phichol,
spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all
that you do; |
And it came to pass at that
time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his
host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all
that thou doest: |
| 23 "Now therefore swear to me here, by God,
that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son,
nor with his son. But you will return the kindness that I
have shown you, which likewise you will accord to me, and
for the land wherein you have sojourned." |
Now therefore swear unto me
here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor
with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the
kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto
me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. |
| 24 Abraham replied, "I swear it." |
And Abraham said, I will
swear. |
| 25 But Abraham reproved Abimele because of a
water well, which Abimelech's servants had violently
taken away. |
And Abraham reproved
Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's
servants had violently taken away. |
