Genesis 21 Literal Standard Version

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1 And YHWH has looked after Sarah as He has said, and YHWH does to Sarah as He has spoken;

1 Y VISITÓ Jehová á Sara, como había dicho, é hizo Jehová con Sara como había hablado.

2 and Sarah conceives, and bears a son to Abraham, to his old age, at the appointed time that God has spoken of with him;

2 Y concibió y parió Sara á Abraham un hijo en su vejez, en el tiempo que Dios le había dicho.

3 and Abraham calls the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah has borne to him—Isaac;

3 Y llamó Abraham el nombre de su hijo que le nació, que le parió Sara, Isaac.

4 and Abraham circumcises his son Isaac, [being] a son of eight days, as God has commanded him.

4 Y circuncidó Abraham á su hijo Isaac de ocho días, como Dios le había mandado.

5 And Abraham [is] a son of one hundred years in his son Isaac being born to him,

5 Y era Abraham de cien años, cuando le nació Isaac su hijo.

6 and Sarah says, “God has made laughter for me; everyone who is hearing laughs for me.”

6 Entonces dijo Sara: Dios me ha hecho reir, y cualquiera que lo oyere, se reirá conmigo.

7 She also says, “Who has said to Abraham, Sarah has suckled sons, that I have born a son for his old age?”

7 Y añadió: ¿Quién dijera á Abraham que Sara había de dar de mamar á hijos? pues que le he parido un hijo á su vejez.

8 And the boy grows, and is weaned, and Abraham makes a great banquet in the day of Isaac’s being weaned;

8 Y creció el niño, y fué destetado; é hizo Abraham gran banquete el día que fué destetado Isaac.

9 and Sarah sees the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she has borne to Abraham, mocking,

9 Y vió Sara al hijo de Agar la Egipcia, el cual había [ésta] parido á Abraham, que se burlaba.

10 and she says to Abraham, “Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of this handmaid has no possession with my son—with Isaac.”

10 Por tanto dijo á Abraham: Echa á esta sierva y á su hijo; que el hijo de esta sierva no ha de heredar con mi hijo, con Isaac.

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

11 Este dicho pareció grave en gran manera á Abraham á causa de su hijo.

12 and God says to Abraham, “Let it not be wrong in your eyes because of the youth, and because of your handmaid: all that Sarah says to you—listen to her voice, for in Isaac is a seed called to you.

12 Entonces dijo Dios á Abraham: No te parezca grave á causa del muchacho y de tu sierva; en todo lo que te dijere Sara, oye su voz, porque en Isaac te será llamada descendencia.

13 As for the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he [is] your seed.”

13 Y también al hijo de la sierva pondré en gente, porque es tu simiente.

14 And Abraham rises early in the morning, and takes bread, and a bottle of water, and gives to Hagar (placing [it] on her shoulder), also the boy, and sends her out; and she goes on, and goes astray in the wilderness of Beer-Sheba;

14 Entonces Abraham se levantó muy de mañana, y tomó pan, y un odre de agua, y diólo á Agar, poniéndolo sobre su hombro, y [entrególe] el muchacho, y despidióla. Y ella partió, y andaba errante por el desierto de Beer-seba.

15 and the water is consumed from the bottle, and she places the boy under one of the shrubs.

15 Y faltó el agua del odre, y echó al muchacho debajo de un árbol;

16 And she goes and sits by herself opposite [him], far off, about a bow-shot, for she said, “Do not let me look on the death of the boy”; and she sits opposite [him], and lifts up her voice, and weeps.

16 Y fuése y sentóse enfrente, alejándose como un tiro de arco; porque decía: No veré cuando el muchacho morirá: y sentóse enfrente, y alzó su voz y lloró.

17 And God hears the voice of the youth; and the messenger of God calls to Hagar from the heavens and says to her, “What to you, Hagar? Do not fear; for God has listened to the voice of the youth where he [is];

17 Y oyó Dios la voz del muchacho; y el ángel de Dios llamó á Agar desde el cielo, y le dijo: ¿Qué tienes, Agar? No temas; porque Dios ha oído la voz del muchacho en donde está.

18 rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with your hand, for I set him for a great nation.”

18 Levántate, alza al muchacho, y ásele de tu mano, porque en gran gente lo tengo de poner.

19 And God opens her eyes, and she sees a well of water, and she goes and fills the bottle [with] water, and causes the youth to drink;

19 Entonces abrió Dios sus ojos, y vió una fuente de agua; y fué, y llenó el odre de agua, y dió de beber al muchacho.

20 and God is with the youth, and he grows, and dwells in the wilderness, and is an archer;

20 Y fué Dios con el muchacho; y creció, y habitó en el desierto, y fué tirador de arco.

21 and he dwells in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother takes for him a wife from the land of Egypt.

21 Y habitó en el desierto de Parán; y su madre le tomó mujer de la tierra de Egipto.

22 And it comes to pass at that time that Abimelech speaks—Phichol also, head of his host—to Abraham, saying, “God [is] with you in all that you are doing;

22 Y aconteció en aquel mismo tiempo que habló Abimelech, y Phicol, príncipe de su ejército, á Abraham diciendo: Dios es contigo en todo cuanto haces:

23 and now, swear to me by God here: you do not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with you—do with me, and with the land in which you have sojourned.”

23 Ahora pues, júrame aquí por Dios, que no faltarás á mí, ni á mi hijo, ni á mi nieto; sino que conforme á la bondad que yo hice contigo, harás tú conmigo, y con la tierra donde has peregrinado.

24 And Abraham says, “I swear.”

24 Y respondió Abraham: Yo juraré.

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

25 Y Abraham reconvino á Abimelech á causa de un pozo de agua, que los siervos de Abimelech le habían quitado.

26 and Abimelech says, “I have not known who has done this thing, and even you did not declare to me, and I also, I have not heard except today.”

26 Y respondió Abimelech: No sé quién haya hecho esto, ni tampoco tú me lo hiciste saber, ni yo lo he oído hasta hoy.

27 And Abraham takes sheep and oxen, and gives to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;

27 Y tomó Abraham ovejas y vacas, y dió á Abimelech; é hicieron ambos alianza.

28 and Abraham sets seven lambs of the flock by themselves.

28 Y puso Abraham siete corderas del rebaño aparte.

29 And Abimelech says to Abraham, “What [are] they—these seven lambs which you have set by themselves?”

29 Y dijo Abimelech á Abraham: ¿Qué significan esas siete corderas que has puesto aparte?

30 And he says, “For—the seven lambs you accept from my hand, so that it becomes a witness for me that I have dug this well”;

30 Y él respondió: Que estas siete corderas tomarás de mi mano, para que me sean en testimonio de que yo cavé este pozo.

31 therefore he has called that place “Beer-Sheba,” for both of them have sworn there.

31 Por esto llamó á aquel lugar Beer-seba; porque allí juraron ambos.

32 And they make a covenant in Beer-Sheba, and Abimelech rises—Phichol also, head of his host—and they return to the land of the Philistines;

32 Así hicieron alianza en Beer-seba: y levantóse Abimelech, y Phicol, príncipe de su ejército, y se volvieron á tierra de los Filisteos.

33 and [Abraham] plants a tamarisk in Beer-Sheba, and preaches there in the Name of YHWH, the perpetual God;

33 Y plantó [Abraham] un bosque en Beer-seba, é invocó allí el nombre de Jehová Dios eterno.

34 and Abraham sojourns in the land of the Philistines many days.

34 Y moró Abraham en tierra de los Filisteos muchos días.

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Abimelech
King of Gerar
King of Gerar who took Sarah, was warned by God in a dream and returned her to Abraham, and made a covenant with Abraham at Beersheba; an Abimelech king of the Philistines at…
Cited in the guide: Genesis 20:2–3; Genesis 21:22–27; Genesis 26:1
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Abraham
Father of nations
Called by God, he left home in faith to become the father of a chosen people.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 12–25
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Hagar
Servant, mother of Ishmael
Sarah's Egyptian servant who bore Ishmael and met God in the wilderness.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 16, 21
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Isaac
Child of promise
The long-promised son, nearly offered on Moriah, through whom the covenant continued.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 21–27
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Sarah
Matriarch, mother of Isaac
Wife of Abraham who bore Isaac in her old age, long after hope seemed gone.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 17-21
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Quotes verse 21:6 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVI, Chapters 29–32)
For when Isaac was born and called by that name, Sarah showed that her laughter was not that of scornful reproach, but that of joyful praise; for she said, "God hath made me to laugh, so that every one who hears will laugh with me." Then in a little while the bond maid was cast out of the house with …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Quotes verse 21:12 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture V)
And when, after he had gained his son, he was commanded to offer him up, although he had heard the word, In Isaac shall thy seed be called, he proceeded to offer up his son, his only son, to God, believing that God is able to raise up even from the dead.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Quotes verse 21:12 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVI, Chapters 29–32)
… by casting out the bond maid and her son, "In Isaac shall thy seed be called." No doubt He then goes on to say, "And as for the son of this bond woman, I will make him a great nation, because he is thy seed." How then is it said "In Isaac shall thy seed be called," when God calls …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Quotes verse 21:12 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVI, Chapters 37–38)
For when it is said, "In Isaac shall thy seed be called," by this seed is meant solely the city of God; so that from it is separated Abraham's other seed, which was in the son of the bond woman, and which was to be in the sons of Keturah.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

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