¹² But God said to Abraham, “Do not let it be displeasing in your sight because of the lad or because of your bondwoman. Whatever Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for ^(A)in Isaac your seed shall be called. ¹³ Yet I will also make ^(B)a nation of the son of the bondwoman, because he is your ^[a]seed.”

¹⁴ So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and ^[b]a skin of water; and putting it on her shoulder, he gave it and the boy to Hagar, and ^(C)sent her away. Then she departed and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba. ¹⁵ And the water in the skin was used up, and she placed the boy under one of the shrubs. ¹⁶ Then she went and sat down across from him at a distance of about a bowshot; for she said to herself, “Let me not see the death of the boy.” So she sat opposite him, and lifted her voice and wept.

¹⁷ And ^(D)God heard the voice of the lad. Then the ^(E)angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, “What ails you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is. ¹⁸ Arise, lift up the lad and hold him with your hand, for ^(F)I will make him a great nation.”

¹⁹ Then ^(G)God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water, and gave the lad a drink. ²⁰ So God ^(H)was with the lad; and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, ^(I)and became an archer. ²¹ He dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran; and his mother ^(J)took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

² Then the Lord appeared to him and said: ^(A)“Do not go down to Egypt; live in ^(B)the land of which I shall tell you. ^3 (C)Dwell in this land, and ^(D)I will be with you and ^(E)bless you; for to you and your descendants ^(F)I give all these lands, and I will perform ^(G)the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. ⁴ And ^(H)I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; ^(I)and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; ^5 (J)because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

¹² Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year ^(A)a hundredfold; and the Lord ^(B)blessed him. ¹³ The man ^(C)began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous;