The King James Version Bible

Genesis 21:16-27

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

  4. 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.

  5. And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

  6. And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

  7. 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:

  8. 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.

  9. And Abraham said, I will swear.

  10. And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

  11. And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.

  12. And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.