Genesis 21:9-16

New International Version

⁹ But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham^(A) was mocking,^{(B) 10} and she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman^(C) and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.”^(D)

¹¹ The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son.^{(E) 12} 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^[a] will be reckoned.^{(F) 13} I will make the son of the slave into a nation^(G) also, because he is your offspring.”

¹⁴ Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar.^(H) 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.^(I)

¹⁵ When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes. ¹⁶ 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^[b] began to sob.^(J)