20:1And Abraham journeyeth from thence toward the land of the south, and dwelleth between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourneth in Gerar;

20:2and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife, `She is my sister;' and Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth and taketh Sarah.

20:3And God cometh in unto Abimelech in a dream of the night, and saith to him, `Lo, thou art a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken -- and she married to a husband.'

20:4And Abimelech hath not drawn near unto her, and he saith, `Lord, also a righteous nation dost thou slay?

20:5hath not he himself said to me, She is my sister! and she, even she herself, said, He is my brother; in the integrity of my heart, and in the innocency of my hands, I have done this.'

20:6And God saith unto him in the dream, `Yea, I -- I have known that in the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I withhold thee, even I, from sinning against Me, therefore I have not suffered thee to come against her;

20:7and now send back the man's wife, for he is inspired, and he doth pray for thee, and live thou; and if thou do not send back, know that dying thou dost die, thou, and all that thou hast.'

20:8And Abimelech riseth early in the morning, and calleth for all his servants, and speaketh all these words in their ears; and the men fear exceedingly;

20:9and Abimelech calleth for Abraham, and saith to him, `What hast thou done to us? and what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought upon me, and upon my kingdom, a great sin? works which are not done thou hast done with me.'

20:10Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, `What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing?'

20:11And Abraham saith, `Because I said, `Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they have slain me for the sake of my wife;

20:12and also, truly she is my sister, daughter of my father, only not daughter of my mother, and she becometh my wife;

20:13and it cometh to pass, when God hath caused me to wander from my father's house, that I say to her, This is thy kindness which thou dost with me: at every place whither we come, say of me, He is my brother.'

20:14And Abimelech taketh sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and giveth to Abraham, and sendeth back to him Sarah his wife;

20:15and Abimelech saith, `Lo, my land is before thee, where it is good in thine eyes, dwell;'

20:16and to Sarah he hath said, `Lo, I have given a thousand silverlings to thy brother; lo, it is to thee a covering of eyes, to all who are with thee;' and by all this she is reasoned with.

20:17And Abraham prayeth unto God, and God healeth Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bear:

20:18for Jehovah restraining had restrained every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

21:1And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken;

21:2and Sarah conceiveth, and beareth a son to Abraham, to his old age, at the appointed time that God hath spoken of with him;

21:3and Abraham calleth the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah hath born to him -- Isaac;

21:4and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son, being a son of eight days, as God hath commanded him.

21:5And Abraham is a son of a hundred years in Isaac his son being born to him,

21:6and Sarah saith, `God hath made laughter for me; every one who is hearing laugheth for me.'

21:7She saith also, `Who hath said to Abraham, Sarah hath suckled sons, that I have born a son for his old age?'

21:8And the lad groweth, and is weaned, and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac's being weaned;

21:9and Sarah seeth the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she hath borne to Abraham, mocking,

21:10and 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.'

21:11And the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son's sake;

21:12and 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.

21:13As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he is thy seed.'

21:14And 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;

21:15and the water is consumed from the bottle, and she placeth the lad under one of the shrubs.

21:16And 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.

21:17And 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;

21:18rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set him.'

21:19And 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;

21:20and God is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is an archer;

21:21and he dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother taketh for him a wife from the land of Egypt.

21:22And it cometh to pass at that time that Abimelech speaketh -- Phichol also, head of his host -- unto Abraham, saying, `God is with thee in all that thou art doing;

21:23and now, swear to me by God here: thou dost not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with thee thou dost with me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.'

21:24And Abraham saith, `I -- I do swear.'

21:25And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech's servants have taken violently away,

21:26and Abimelech saith, `I have not known who hath done this thing, and even thou didst not declare to me, and I also, I have not heard save to-day.'

21:27And Abraham taketh sheep and oxen, and giveth to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;

21:28and Abraham setteth seven Lambs of the flock by themselves.

21:29And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, `What are they -- these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?'

21:30And he saith, `For -- the seven lambs thou dost accept from my hand, so that it becometh a witness for me that I have digged this well;'

21:31therefore hath he called that place `Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn.

21:32And they make a covenant in Beer-Sheba, and Abimelech riseth -- Phichol also, head of his host -- and they turn back unto the land of the Philistines;

21:33and Abraham planteth a tamarask in Beer-Sheba, and preacheth there in the name of Jehovah, God age-during;

21:34and Abraham sojourneth in the land of the Philistines many days.

22:1And it cometh to pass after these things that God hath tried Abraham, and saith unto him, `Abraham;' and he saith, `Here am I.'

22:2And He saith, `Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou hast loved, even Isaac, and go for thyself unto the land of Moriah, and cause him to ascend there for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains of which I speak unto thee.'

22:3And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and saddleth his ass, and taketh two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and he cleaveth the wood of the burnt-offering, and riseth and goeth unto the place of which God hath spoken to him.

22:4On the third day -- Abraham lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the place from afar;

22:5and Abraham saith unto his young men, `Remain by yourselves here with the ass, and I and the youth go yonder and worship, and turn back unto you.'

22:6And Abraham taketh the wood of the burnt-offering, and placeth on Isaac his son, and he taketh in his hand the fire, and the knife; and they go on both of them together.

22:7And Isaac speaketh unto Abraham his father, and saith, `My father,' and he saith, `Here am I, my son.' And he saith, `Lo, the fire and the wood, and where the lamb for a burnt-offering?'

22:8and Abraham saith, `God doth provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son;' and they go on both of them together.

22:9And they come in unto the place of which God hath spoken to him, and there Abraham buildeth the altar, and arrangeth the wood, and bindeth Isaac his son, and placeth him upon the altar above the wood;

22:10and Abraham putteth forth his hand, and taketh the knife -- to slaughter his son.

22:11And the messenger of Jehovah calleth unto him from the heavens, and saith, `Abraham, Abraham;' and he saith, `Here am I;'

22:12and He saith, `Put not forth thine hand unto the youth, nor do anything to him, for now I have known that thou art fearing God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from Me.'

22:13And Abraham lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, a ram behind, seized in a thicket by its horns; and Abraham goeth, and taketh the ram, and causeth it to ascend for a burnt-offering instead of his son;

22:14and Abraham calleth the name of that place `Jehovah-Jireh,' because it is said this day in the mount, `Jehovah doth provide.'

22:15And the messenger of Jehovah calleth unto Abraham a second time from the heavens,

22:16and saith, `By Myself I have sworn -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- that because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one --

22:17that blessing I bless thee, and multiplying I multiply thy seed as stars of the heavens, and as sand which is on the sea-shore; and thy seed doth possess the gate of his enemies;

22:18and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth, because that thou hast hearkened to My voice.'

22:19And Abraham turneth back unto his young men, and they rise and go together unto Beer-Sheba; and Abraham dwelleth in Beer-Sheba.

22:20And it cometh to pass after these things that it is declared to Abraham, saying, `Lo, Milcah hath borne, even she, sons to Nahor thy brother:

22:21Huz his first-born, and Buz his brother; and Kemuel father of Aram,

22:22and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel;

22:23and Bethuel hath begotten Rebekah;' these eight hath Milcah borne to Nahor, Abraham's brother;

22:24and his concubine, whose name is Reumah, she also hath borne Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maachah.