1And Ishmael then rose up and took his wife and his children and his cattle

2And Abraham related to Ishmael his son the transaction with the first wife

3And Ishmael and his children dwelt with Abraham many days in that land, and

4And the days increased and reached twenty six years, and after that Abraham

5And they came and quarreled with the servants of Abraham, and they robbed

6And Abimelech king of the Philistines heard of this affair, and he with

7And Abimelech said to Abraham, As the Lord liveth who created the whole

8And Abraham took seven ewe lambs and gave them to Abimelech, saying, Take

9And Abimelech took the seven ewe lambs which Abraham had given to him, for

10And they both made a covenant in Beersheba, and Abimelech rose up with

11And Abraham planted a large grove in Beersheba, and he made to it four

12For the house of Abraham was always open to the sons of men that passed

13And any man who had hunger and came to Abraham's house, Abraham would give

14And Abraham and his children and all belonging to him dwelt in Beersheba,

15And Abraham's brother Nahor and his father and all belonging to them dwelt

16And children were born to Nahor which Milca the daughter of Haran, and

17And these are the names of those that were born to him, Uz, Buz, Kemuel,

18And Nahor had a concubine and her name was Reumah, and she also bare to

19And the children that were born to Nahor were twelve sons besides his

20And the children of Uz the first born of Nahor were Abi, Cheref, Gadin,

21And the sons of Buz were Berachel, Naamath, Sheva, and Madonu.

22And the sons of Kemuel were Aram and Rechob.

23And the sons of Kesed were Anamlech, Meshai, Benon and Yifi; and the sons

24And the sons of Pildash were Arud, Chamum, Mered and Moloch.

25And the sons of Tidlaf were Mushan, Cushan and Mutzi.

26And the children of Bethuel were Sechar, Laban and their sister Rebecca.

27These are the families of the children of Nahor, that were born to them in

28And they built a city there, and they called the name of the city after

29And the children of Kesed also went to dwell where they could find a

30And they there built themselves a city, and they called the name of the

31And Terah, father of Nahor and Abraham, went and took another wife in his

32And Terah lived twenty-five years after he begat Zoba.

33And Terah died in that year, that is in the thirty-fifth year of the birth

34And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and he was buried

35And Zoba the son of Terah lived thirty years and he begat Aram, Achlis and

36And Aram son of Zoba son of Terah, had three wives and he begat twelve

37And Aram the son of Zoba and his brother and all his household journeyed

38And Aram the son of Zoba went with his brethren, and they found a valley

39And they also built a city there, and they called the name thereof Aram,

40And Isaac the son of Abraham was growing up in those days, and Abraham his

41And when Isaac was thirty-seven years old, Ishmael his brother was going

42And Ishmael boasted of himself to Isaac, saying, I was thirteen years old

43And Isaac answered Ishmael, saying, Why dost thou boast to me about this,

44As the Lord liveth, the God of my father Abraham, if the Lord should say

45And the Lord heard the word that Isaac spoke to Ishmael, and it seemed

46And the day arrived when the sons of God came and placed themselves before

47And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? and Satan answered the

48And the Lord said to Satan, What is thy word to me concerning all the

49And when thou givest them the thing which they require from thee, they sit

50Hast thou seen Abraham the son of Terah, who at first had no children, and

51And now that his son Isaac is born to him, he has forsaken thee, he has

52For amidst all that he has done he brought thee no offering; neither burnt

53Even from the time of his son's birth till now, being thirty-seven years,

54And the Lord said to Satan, Hast thou thus considered my servant Abraham?

55And Satan answered the Lord and said, Speak then now unto Abraham as thou

Chapter 22

Ishmael returns to his Father, with his Wives and Children.