Genesis 20:12   (Read all of Genesis 20)

Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife.

Genesis 20:13   (Read all of Genesis 20)

And when God had me wander from my father's household, I said to her, 'This is how you can show your love to me: Everywhere we go, say of me, "He is my brother." ' "

Genesis 20:14   (Read all of Genesis 20)

Then Abimelek brought sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah his wife to him.

Genesis 20:15   (Read all of Genesis 20)

And Abimelek said, "My land is before you; live wherever you like."

Genesis 20:16   (Read all of Genesis 20)

To Sarah he said, "I am giving your brother a thousand shekels of silver. This is to cover the offense against you before all who are with you; you are completely vindicated."

Genesis 20:17   (Read all of Genesis 20)

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelek, his wife and his female slaves so they could have children again,

Genesis 20:18   (Read all of Genesis 20)

for the Lord had kept all the women in Abimelek's household from conceiving because of Abraham's wife Sarah.

Genesis 21:1   (Read all of Genesis 21)

Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised.

Genesis 21:2   (Read all of Genesis 21)

Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him.

Genesis 21:3   (Read all of Genesis 21)

Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him.

Genesis 21:4   (Read all of Genesis 21)

When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God commanded him.

Genesis 21:5   (Read all of Genesis 21)

Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

Genesis 21:6   (Read all of Genesis 21)

Sarah said, "God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me."

Genesis 21:7   (Read all of Genesis 21)

And she added, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age."

Genesis 21:9   (Read all of Genesis 21)

But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking,

Genesis 21:10   (Read all of Genesis 21)

and she said to Abraham, "Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman's son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac."

Genesis 21:11   (Read all of Genesis 21)

The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son.

Genesis 21:12   (Read all of Genesis 21)

But God said to him, "Do not be so distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.

Genesis 21:13   (Read all of Genesis 21)

I will make the son of the slave into a nation also, because he is your offspring."

Genesis 21:14   (Read all of Genesis 21)

Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.

Genesis 21:15   (Read all of Genesis 21)

When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes.

Genesis 21:16   (Read all of Genesis 21)

Then she went off and sat down about a bowshot away, for she thought, "I cannot watch the boy die." And as she sat there, she began to sob.

Genesis 21:17   (Read all of Genesis 21)

God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.

Genesis 21:19   (Read all of Genesis 21)

Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.