14. And so Abraham arose in the morning, and taking bread and a skin of water, he placed it upon her shoulder, and he handed over the boy, and he released her. And when she had departed, she wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
15. And when the water in the skin had been consumed, she set aside the boy, under one of the trees that were there.
16. And she moved away and sat in a distant area, as far as a bow can reach. For she said, "I shall not see the boy die." And so, sitting opposite her, he lifted up his voice and wept.
17. But God heard the voice of the boy. And an Angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, saying: "What are you doing, Hagar? Do not be afraid. For God has heeded the voice of the boy, from the place where he is.
18. Rise up. Take the boy and hold him by the hand. For I will make of him a great nation."
19. And God opened her eyes. And seeing a well of water, she went and filled the skin, and she gave the boy to drink.
20. And God was with him. And he grew, and he stayed in the wilderness, and he became a young man, an archer.
21. And he lived in the desert of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
22. At the same time, Abimelech and Phicol, the leader of his army, said to Abraham: "God is with you in everything that you do.
23. Therefore, swear by God that you will do no harm to me, and to my posterity, and to my stock. But according to the mercy that I have done to you, you will do to me and to the land, to which you have turned as a newcomer."
24. And Abraham said, "I will swear."
25. And he reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.