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And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they will kill me for my wife's sake.

And he said to Sarah, I, behold, I have given a thousand of silver to your brother. Behold, it is for you a covering of the eyes to all who are with you. And with all this you are reproved.

For Jehovah had completely closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, the wife of Abraham.

And Sarah said, God has made laughter for me; all who hear will laugh with me.

And she said, Who would have said to Abraham, Will Sarah suckle sons? For I have borne a son to his old age.

And she said to Abraham, Drive away this slave-girl and her son, for the son of this slave-girl shall not inherit with my son, with Isaac.

And God said to Abraham, Let it not be evil in your eyes because of the boy, and on account of your slave-girl. All that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice, for in Isaac your Seed shall be called.

And also I will make a nation of the son of the slave-girl, for he is your seed.

And she went and sat down opposite him, about a bow shot away. For she said, Let me not see the death of the boy. And she sat opposite and raised her voice and wept.

And God heard the voice of the young boy. And the angel of God called to Hagar out of the heavens. And He said to her, What ails you, Hagar? Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the boy, there where he is .

Rise up, lift up the boy and make your hand strong on him, for I will make of him a great nation.

And he lived in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.

And he said, You shall take the seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may become for me a witness that I dug this well.

And He said, Now take your son, Isaac, your only one whom you love, and go into the land of Moriah. And there offer him for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will say to you.

And Abraham started up early in the morning and saddled his ass, and he took two of his youths with him, and his son Isaac. And he split wood for a burnt offering, and rose up and went to the place which God had said to him.

And Isaac spoke to his father Abraham and said, My father. And he said, Behold me. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood! But where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

And Abraham said, My son, God will see to the lamb for Himself, for a burnt offering. And the two of them went together.

And He said, Do not lay your hand on the boy, nor do anything to him. For now I know that you are a God-fearer, and you have not withheld your son, your only one, from Me.

And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked. And behold! A ram behind him was entangled in a thicket by its horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it for a burnt offering instead of his son.

And Sarah died in Kirjatharba, it is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.