Genesis 21:1-12

New American Standard Bible

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.