18. Get up! Help the boy up and hold him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
19. Then God enabled Hagar to see a well of water. She went over and filled the skin with water, and then gave the boy a drink.
20. God was with the boy as he grew. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer.
21. He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother found a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
22. At that time Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.
23. Now swear to me right here in God’s name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you.”