## Onkelos Genesis Chapter 21

###### Onkelos Genesis 21:1
[Onkelos Genesis 21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:1)

וַייָ דְּכִיר יָת שָׂרָה כְּמָא דִּי אֲמָר וַעֲבַד יְיָ לְשָׁרָה כְּמָא דִּי מַלִּיל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy remembered Sarah as He had said, and Adonoy did for Sarah as He had spoken.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:2
[Onkelos Genesis 21:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:2)

וְעַדִּיאַת וִילִידַת שָׂרָה לְאַבְרָהָם בַּר לְסִיבְתוֹהִי לִזְמַן דִּי מַלִּיל יָתֵיהּ יְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
She conceived and Sarah gave birth to Avraham’s son in his old age, at the designated time that Elohim had declared.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:3
[Onkelos Genesis 21:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:3)

וּקְרָא אַבְרָהָם יָת שׁוּם בְּרֵיהּ דְּאִתְיְלִיד לֵיהּ דִּילִידַת לֵיהּ שָׂרָה יִצְחָק:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Avraham named his son that was born to him, to which Sarah had borne to him, Yitzchok.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:4
[Onkelos Genesis 21:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:4)

וּגְזַר אַבְרָהָם יָת יִצְחָק בְּרֵיהּ בַּר תְּמַנְיָא יוֹמִין כְּמָא דִי פַקִּיד יָתֵיהּ יְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Avraham circumcised his son, Yitzchok, when he was eight days old, as Elohim had commanded him.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:5
[Onkelos Genesis 21:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:5)

וְאַבְרָהָם בַּר מְאָה שְׁנִין כַּד אִתְיְלִיד לֵיהּ יָת יִצְחָק בְּרֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Avraham was one hundred years old when his son Yitzchok was born to him.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:6
[Onkelos Genesis 21:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:6)

וַאֲמֶרֶת שָׂרָה **חֶדְוָא** עֲבַד לִי יְיָ כָּל דִּשְׁמַע **יֶחֱדֵּי** לִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Sarah said, Elohim has given me laughter [**gladness**]. All who hear will laugh [**rejoice**] with me.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:7
[Onkelos Genesis 21:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:7)

וַאֲמֶרֶת **מָאן מְהֵימָן דַּאֲמַר לְאַבְרָהָם קְיָם** דְּתוֹנִיק בְּנִין שָׂרָה אֲרֵי יְלֵידִית בַּר לְסִיבְתוֹהִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
She said, Who said to Avraham [**Who is faithful that he said to Avraham and fulfills His promise**], that Sarah would nurse children? For I have given birth to a son in his old age.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:8
[Onkelos Genesis 21:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:8)

וּרְבָא רַבְיָא וְאִתְחֲסִיל וַעֲבַד אַבְרָהָם מִשְׁתְּיָא רַבָּא בְּיוֹמָא דְּאִתְחֲסִיל יָת יִצְחָק:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The child grew and was weaned. Avraham made a great feast on the day Yitzchok was weaned.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:9
[Onkelos Genesis 21:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:9)

וַחֲזַת שָׂרָה יָת בַּר הָגָר מִצְרֵיתָא דִּיְלִידַת לְאַבְרָהָם מְחָיִיךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Sarah saw that the son of Hagar, the Egyptian, that she had born to Avraham, was mocking.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:10
[Onkelos Genesis 21:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:10)

וַאֲמֶרֶת לְאַבְרָהָם תָּרֵךְ אַמְתָא הָדָא וְיַת בְּרַהּ אֲרֵי לָא יֵרַת בַּר אַמְתָא הָדָא עִם בְּרִי עִם יִצְחָק:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
She said to Avraham, Drive out this slave-woman and her son, for the son of this slave-woman will not inherit with my son, with Yitzchok.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:11
[Onkelos Genesis 21:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:11)

וּבְאֵישׁ פִּתְגָּמָא לַחֲדָא בְּעֵינֵי אַבְרָהָם עַל עֵיסַק בְּרֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
This thing was very wrong in the eyes of Avraham, on account of his son.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:12
[Onkelos Genesis 21:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:12)

וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְאַבְרָהָם לָא יַבְאֵשׁ בְּעֵינָיךְ עַל עוּלֵימָא וְעַל אַמְתָךְ כֹּל דִּי תֵימַר לָךְ שָׂרָה **קַבֵּל מִנַּהּ** אֲרֵי בְיִצְחָק יִתְקְרוּן לָךְ בְּנִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Elohim said to Avraham, Do not consider this wrong in your eyes on account of the boy and your slave-woman. Regarding all that Sarah tells you, listen to her voice [**accept from her**], for [only] through Yitzchok will seed be considered yours.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:13
[Onkelos Genesis 21:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:13)

וְאַף יָת בַּר אַמְתָא לְעַם אֲשַׁוִּנֵּיהּ אֲרֵי בְנָךְ הוּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
[But] also the son of the slave-woman I will make into a nation, for he is [of] your seed.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:14
[Onkelos Genesis 21:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:14)

וְאַקְדֵּים אַבְרָהָם בְּצַפְרָא וּנְסִיב לַחֲמָא וְרָקְבָּא דְמַיָּא וִיהַב לְהָגָר שַׁוִּי עַל כַּתְפַּהּ וְיָת רַבְיָא וְשַׁלְחַהּ וַאֲזָלַת וְתָעַת בְּמַדְבְּרָא (נ"י בְּמַדְבֵּר) בְּאֵר שָׁבַע:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Avraham got up early in the morning. He took bread and a skin [pouch] of water, and gave it to Hagar. He placed it on her shoulder with the lad, and sent her away. She went and lost her way in the desert of Beer Sheva.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:15
[Onkelos Genesis 21:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:15)

וּשְׁלִימוּ מַיָּא מִן רָקְבָּא וּרְמַת יָת רַבְיָא תְּחוֹת חַד מִן אִילָנַיָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The water in the skin was used up, and she threw the lad under one of the bushes.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:16
[Onkelos Genesis 21:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:16)

וַאֲזַלַּת וִיתִיבַת לַהּ מִקֳּבֵל אַרְחֵיקַת (נ"י אַרְחִיק) כְּמֵיגַר קַשְׁתָּא אֲרֵי אֲמֶרֶת לָא אֶחֱזֵי בְּמוֹתָא דְרַבְיָא וִיתִיבַת מִקֳּבֵל וַאֲרִימַת יָת קָלַהּ וּבְכָת:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
She went and sat facing him, about [the distance] of bow-shots away. She said, Let me not see the lad die. She sat facing him and wept in a loud voice.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:17
[Onkelos Genesis 21:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:17)

**וּשְׁמִיעַ קֳדָם יְיָ** יָת קָלֵיהּ דְּרַבְיָא וּקְרָא מַלְאֲכָא דַיְיָ לְהָגָר מִן שְׁמַיָּא וַאֲמַר לַהּ מָה לִיךְ הָגָר לָא תִדְחֲלִי אֲרֵי **שְׁמִיעַ קֳדָם יְיָ** יָת קָלֵיהּ דְּרַבְיָא בַּאֲתַר דְּהוּא תַמָּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Elohim heard the voice of the lad [**was heard before Elohim**]. An angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, What is the matter, Hagar? Do not fear. Elohim has heard the voice of the lad [**has been heard before Elohim**] in the place where he is.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:18
[Onkelos Genesis 21:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:18)

קוּמִי טוּלִי יָת רַבְיָא וְאַתְקִיפִי יָת יְדֵךְ בֵּיהּ אֲרֵי לְעַם סַגִּי אֲשַׁוִּנֵּיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Get up and lift up the lad. Keep your hand strong on him, for I will make him a great nation.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:19
[Onkelos Genesis 21:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:19)

**וּגְלָא** יְיָ יָת עֵינָהַהּ וַחֲזַת בֵּירָא דְמַיָּא וַאֲזָלַת וּמְלַת יָת רָקְבָּא מַיָּא וְאַשְׁקִיאַת יָת רַבְיָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Elohim opened [**uncovered**] her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went and filled the skin with water, and gave the lad to drink.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:20
[Onkelos Genesis 21:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:20)

וַהֲוָה **מֵימְרָא דַיְיָ בְּסַעֲדֵיהּ דְּרַבְיָא** וּרְבָא וִיתֵב בְּמַדְבְּרָא וַהֲוָה רָבֵי קַשְׁתָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Elohim was with the lad [**The Word of Elohim supported the lad**] and he grew up. He settled in the wilderness, [where] he became an expert archer.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:21
[Onkelos Genesis 21:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:21)

וִיתֵב בְּמַדְבְּרָא דְפָארָן וּנְסִיבַת לֵיהּ אִמֵּיהּ אִתְּתָא מֵאַרְעָא דְמִצְרָיִם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He lived in the desert of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:22
[Onkelos Genesis 21:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:22)

וַהֲוָה בְּעִדָּנָא הַהִיא וַאֲמַר אֲבִימֶלֶךְ וּפִיכֹל רַב חֵילֵיהּ לְאַבְרָהָם לְמֵימָר **מֵימְרָא דַיְיָ בְּסַעֲדָךְ בְּכֹל דִּי אַתְּ עָבֵד**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
It was at this time, Avimelech and Pichol, his general spoke to Avraham, saying, Elohim is with you in all that you do [**the Word of Elohim is your support in all that you do**].


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:23
[Onkelos Genesis 21:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:23)

וּכְעַן קַיֵּם לִי **בְּמֵימְרָא** דַיְיָ הָכָא דְּלָא תְשַׁקַּר בִּי וּבִבְרִי וּבְבַר בְּרִי **כְּטֵיבוֹתָא** דִּי עֲבָדִית עִמָּךְ תַּעְבֵּד עִמִּי וְעִם אַרְעָא דְאִתּוֹתַבְתָּא בַהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Now, swear to me here, by [**the Word of**] Elohim, that you will not deal falsely with me, with my son, or my grandson. The kindness [**goodness**] that I have done to you, do to me and to the land in which you lived for a while.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:24
[Onkelos Genesis 21:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:24)

וַאֲמַר אַבְרָהָם אֲנָא אֲקַיֵּם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Avraham said, I will swear.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:25
[Onkelos Genesis 21:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:25)

וְאוֹכַח אַבְרָהָם יָת אֲבִימֶלֶךְ עַל עֵיסַק בֵּירָא דְמַיָּא דִּי אַנִּיסוּ עַבְדֵי אֲבִימֶלֶךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Avraham then reprimanded Avimelech regarding the well of water that Avimelech’s servants had taken by force.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:26
[Onkelos Genesis 21:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:26)

וַאֲמַר אֲבִימֶלֶךְ לָא יְדָעִית מָאן עֲבַד יָת פִּתְגָּמָא הָדֵין וְאַף אַתְּ לָא חַוֵּיתָ לִּי וְאַף אֲנָא לָא שְׁמָעִית אֶלָּהֵין יוֹמָא דֵין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Avimelech said, I do not know who did this thing. You also never told me, and I also heard nothing of it until today.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:27
[Onkelos Genesis 21:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:27)

וּדְבַר אַבְרָהָם עָאן וְתוֹרִין וִיהַב לַאֲבִימֶלֶךְ וּגְזָרוּ תַרְוֵיהוֹן קְיָם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Avraham took sheep and cattle and gave them to Avimelech. The two of them made a covenant.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:28
[Onkelos Genesis 21:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:28)

וַאֲקִים אַבְרָהָם יָת שְׁבַע חוּרְפַן דְּעָאן בִּלְחוֹדֵיהֶן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Avraham set seven ewes apart by themselves.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:29
[Onkelos Genesis 21:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:29)

וַאֲמַר אֲבִימֶלֶךְ לְאַבְרָהָם מָה אִנּוּן שְׁבַע חוּרְפַן אִלֵּין דַּאֲקֵמְתָּא בִּלְחוֹדֵיהֶן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Avimelech said to Avraham. What is the reason for these seven ewes that you have set apart?


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:30
[Onkelos Genesis 21:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:30)

וַאֲמַר אֲרֵי יָת שְׁבַע חוּרְפַן תְּקַבֵּל מִן יְדִי בְּדִיל דִּתְהֵי לִי לְסַהֲדוּ אֲרֵי חֲפָרִית יָת בֵּירָא הָדֵין (נ"י הָדָא):

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He [Avraham] said, Take these seven ewes from my hand so that it will be proof for me, that I dug this well.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:31
[Onkelos Genesis 21:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:31)

עַל כֵּן קְרָא לְאַתְרָא הַהוּא בְּאֵר שָׁבַע אֲרֵי תַמָּן קַיָּמוּ תַּרְוֵיהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Therefore he called that place Beer Sheva, since the two had made an oath there.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:32
[Onkelos Genesis 21:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:32)

וּגְזָרוּ קְיָם בִּבְאֵר שָׁבַע וְקָם אֲבִימֶלֶךְ וּפִיכֹל רַב חֵילֵיהּ וְתָבוּ לְאַרַע פְּלִשְׁתָּאֵי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They made a covenant in Beer Sheva. Avimelech, and Pichol, his general, then rose and returned to the land of the Philistines.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:33
[Onkelos Genesis 21:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:33)

וּנְצֵיב נִצְבָּא (נ"י אִילָנָא) בִּבְאֵר שָׁבַע **וְצַלִּי תַמָּן בִּ**שְׁמָא דַיְיָ אֱלָהָא דְעַלְמָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Avraham planted an *eishel* [tree] in Beer Sheva, and there he proclaimed [**and there he prayed in**] the Name Adonoy, Almighty of the universe.


###### Onkelos Genesis 21:34
[Onkelos Genesis 21:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/21:34)

וְאִתּוֹתַב אַבְרָהָם בְּאַרַע פְּלִשְׁתָּאֵי יוֹמִין סַגִּיאִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Avraham lived in the land of the Philistines for many days.