God, a Helper against the Treacherous.

For the music director; ^[a]upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.

The Lord, an Abundant Helper.

Isaac Is Born

21 ^(A)Then the Lord took note of Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as He had ^[a]promised. ^2 (B)So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at ^(C)the appointed time of which God had spoken to him. ³ Abraham named his son who was born to him, the son whom Sarah bore to him, ^(D)Isaac. ⁴ Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was ^(E)eight days old, as God had commanded him. ⁵ Now Abraham was ^(F)a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. ⁶ Sarah said, “God has made ^(G)laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh ^[b]with me.” ⁷ And she said, “^(H)Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have given birth to a son in his old age.”

⁸ And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

Sarah Turns against Hagar

⁹ Now Sarah saw ^(I)the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, ^(J)mocking Isaac. ¹⁰ Therefore she said to Abraham, “^(K)Drive out this slave woman and her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be an heir with my son ^[c]Isaac!” ^11 (L)The matter ^[d]distressed Abraham greatly because of his son Ishmael. ¹² But God said to Abraham, “^[e]Do not be distressed because of the boy and your slave woman; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her, for ^(M)through Isaac ^[f]your descendants shall be named. ¹³ And of ^(N)the son of the slave woman I will make a nation also, because he is your ^[g]descendant.” ¹⁴ So Abraham got up early in the morning and took bread and a ^[h]skin of water, and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and gave her the boy, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.

¹⁵ When the water in the skin was used up, she ^[i]left the boy under one of the bushes. ¹⁶ Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away, for she said, “May I not ^[j]see the boy die!” And she sat opposite him, and ^(O)raised her voice and wept. ¹⁷ God ^(P)heard the boy crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “^[k]What is the matter with you, Hagar? ^(Q)Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. ¹⁸ Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him by ^[l]the hand, ^(R)for I will make a great nation of him.” ¹⁹ Then God ^(S)opened her eyes, and she saw ^(T)a well of water; and she went and filled the ^[m]skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

²⁰ And ^(U)God was with the boy, and he grew; and he lived in the wilderness and became an archer. ^21 (V)He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

^13 (A)All these died in faith, ^(B)without receiving the promises, but ^(C)having seen and welcomed them from a distance, and ^(D)having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. ¹⁴ For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. ¹⁵ And indeed if they had been ^[a]thinking of that country which they left, ^(E)they would have had opportunity to return. ¹⁶ But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a ^(F)heavenly one. Therefore ^(G)God is not ^[b]ashamed to be ^(H)called their God; for ^(I)He has prepared a city for them.

¹⁷ By faith ^(J)Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and the one who had ^(K)received the promises was offering up his ^[c]only son; ¹⁸ it was he to whom it was said, “^(L)Through Isaac your ^[d]descendants shall be named.” ^19 [e]He considered that ^(M)God is able to raise people even from the dead, from which he also received him back ^[f]as a ^[g](N)type. ²⁰ By faith ^(O)Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come. ²¹ By faith ^(P)Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and ^(Q)worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. ²² By faith ^(R)Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave orders concerning his bones.

Words to the Jews

^41 (A)So then the Jews were complaining about Him because He said, “I am the bread that ^(B)came down out of heaven.” ⁴² And they were saying, “^(C)Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother ^(D)we know? How does He now say, ‘^(E)I have come down out of heaven’?” ⁴³ Jesus answered and said to them, “Stop complaining among yourselves. ⁴⁴ No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me ^(F)draws him; and I will ^(G)raise him up on the last day. ⁴⁵ It is written ^(H)in the Prophets: ‘^(I)And they shall all be ^(J)taught of God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me. ^46 (K)Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father. ⁴⁷ Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who believes ^(L)has eternal life. ^48 (M)I am the bread of life. ^49 (N)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. ⁵⁰ This is the bread that ^(O)comes down out of heaven, so that anyone may eat from it and ^(P)not die. ^51 (Q)I am the living bread that ^(R)came down out of heaven; if anyone eats from this bread, ^(S)he will live forever; and the bread which I will give ^(T)for the life of the world also is ^(U)My flesh.”