Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752

Genesis 21:3-16 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

3. And Abraham called the name of his son, whom Sara bore him, Isaac.

4. And he circumcised him the eighth day, as God had commanded him,

5. When he was a hundred years old: for at this age of his father was Isaac born.

6. And Sara said: God hath made a laughter for me: whosoever shall hear of it will laugh with me.

7. And again she said: Who would believe that Abraham should hear that Sara gave suck to a son, whom she bore to him in his old age.

8. And the child grew and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast on the day of his weaning.

9. And when Sara had seen the son of Agar the Egyptian playing with Isaac her son, she said to Abraham:

10. Cast out this bondwoman, and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.

11. Abraham took this grievously for his son.

12. And God said to him: Let it not seem grievous to thee for the boy, and for thy bondwoman: in all that Sara hath said to thee, hearken to her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

13. But I will make the son also of the bondwoman a great nation, because he is thy seed.

14. So Abraham rose up in the morning, and taking bread and a bottle of water, put it upon her shoulder, and delivered the boy, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Bersabee.

15. And when the water in the bottle was spent, she cast the boy under one of the trees that were there.

16. And she went her way, and sat over against him a great way off as far as a bow can carry, for she said: I will not see the boy die: and sitting over against, she lifted up her voice and wept.