21:16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
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21:17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
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21:18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
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21:19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
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21:20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
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21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
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21:22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
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21:23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
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21:24 And Abraham said, I will swear.
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21:25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
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21:26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing; neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
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21:27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
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21:28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
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21:29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
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21:30 And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
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21:31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
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21:32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
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21:33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
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21:34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
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Chapter 22
22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
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22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
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22:3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
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22:4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
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22:5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
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