1 WYC Forsothe God visitide Sare, as he bihiyte, and fillide tho thingis, that he spak. BSB BSB: Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
2 WYC And sche conseyuede, and childide a sone in hir eeld, in the tyme wherynne God biforseide to hir. BSB BSB: So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.
3 WYC And Abraham clepide the name of his sone, whom Sare childide to him, Ysaac. BSB BSB: And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.
4 WYC And Abraham circumcidide hym in the eiyte dai, as God comaundide to him, BSB BSB: When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.
5 WYC whanne he was of an hundrid yeer; for Ysaac was borun in this age of the fadir. BSB BSB: Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
6 WYC And Sare seide, The Lord made leiyynge to me, and who euer schal here schal leiye with me. BSB BSB: Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”
7 WYC And eft sche seide, Who schulde here, and bileue to Abraham, that Sare schulde yyue soukyng to a sone, whom sche childide to him now an eld man? BSB BSB: She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
8 WYC Therfor the child encreesside, and was wenyd; and Abraham made a greet feeste in the dai of his wenyng. BSB BSB: So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.
9 WYC And whanne Sare seiy the sone of Agar Egipcian pleiynge with Ysaac hir sone, sche seide to Abraham, BSB BSB: But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,
10 WYC Cast thou out the handmayde and hir sone; for the sone of the handmayde schal not be eir with my sone Ysaac. BSB BSB: and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”
11 WYC Abraham took this heuyli for his sone; BSB BSB: Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.
13 WYC but also I schal make the sone of the handmaid in to a greet folk, for he is thi seed. BSB BSB: But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”
14 WYC And so Abraham roos eerli, and took breed, and a botel of watir, and puttide on hir schuldre, and bitook the child, and lefte hir; and whanne sche hadde go, sche yede out of the weie in the wildirnesse of Bersabee. BSB BSB: Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
15 WYC And whanne the watir in the botel was endid, sche castide awei the child vndur a tre that was there; BSB BSB: When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.
16 WYC and sche yede awei, and sche sat euene ayens as fer as a bowe may caste; for sche seide, Y schal not se the child diynge; and sche sat ayens, and reiside hir vois, and wepte. BSB BSB: Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.
18 WYC Rise thou, and take the child, and holde his hoond; for Y schal make hym in to a greet folc. BSB BSB: Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
19 WYC And God openyde hir iyen, and sche seiy a pit of watir, and sche yede, and fillide the botel, and sche yaf drynk to the child; BSB BSB: Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
20 WYC and was with him, and he encresside, and dwellide in wildernesse, and he was maad a yong man an archer, BSB BSB: And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.
21 WYC and dwellide in the deseert of Faran; and his modir took to him a wijf of the lond of Egipt. BSB BSB: And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
22 WYC In the same tyme Abymelech, and Ficol, prince of his oost, seide to Abraham, God is with thee in alle thingis whiche thou doist; BSB BSB: At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.
23 WYC therfore swere thou bi God that thou noye not me, and myn eiris, and my kynrede; but bi the mersi whych Y dide to thee, do thou to me, and to the lond in which thou lyuedist a comelyng. BSB BSB: Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you.”
24 WYC And Abraham seide, Y schal swere. BSB BSB: And Abraham replied, “I swear it.”
25 WYC And he blamyde Abymelech for the pit of watir, which hise seruauntis token awey bi violence. BSB BSB: But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
26 WYC And Abymelech answerde, I wiste not who dide this thing, but also thou schewidist not to me, and Y herde not outakun to dai. BSB BSB: Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”
27 WYC And so Abraham took scheep and oxun, and yaf to Abymalech, and bothe smyten a boond of pees. BSB BSB: So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.
28 WYC And Abraham settide seuene ewe lambren of the flok asidis half. BSB BSB: Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,
29 WYC And Abymelech seide to hym, What wolen these seuene ewe lambren to hem silf, whiche thou madist stonde asidis half? BSB BSB: and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
30 WYC And he seide, Thou schalt take of myn hond seuene ewe lambren, that tho be in to witnessyng to me, for Y diggide this pit. BSB BSB: He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
31 WYC Therfor thilke place was clepid Bersabee, for euere eithir swore there; BSB BSB: So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
32 WYC and thei maden boond of pees for the pit of an ooth. BSB BSB: After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.
33 WYC Forsothe Abymelech roos, and Ficol, prince of his chyualrie, and thei turneden ayen in to the lond of Palestyns. Sotheli Abraham plauntide a wode in Bersabee, and inwardli clepide there the name of euerlastinge God; BSB BSB: And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.
34 WYC and he was an erthetiliere ether a comelynge of the lond of Palestynes in many dayes. BSB BSB: And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.