18 Arise, lift up the lad and hold him with your hand, for ^aI will make him a great nation.”  ‡

19 Then ^aGod opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water, and gave the lad a drink.  ‡

22 And it came to pass at that time that ^aAbimelech and Phichol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, ^b“God is with you in all that you do.  ‡

23 Now therefore, ^aswear to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, with my offspring, or with my posterity; but that according to the kindness that I have done to you, you will do to me and to the land in which you have dwelt.”  ‡