Hagar and Ishmael
1 Abram's wife Sarai had not been able to have any children. But she owned a young Egyptian slave woman named Hagar, 2 and Sarai said to Abram, “The Lord has not given me any children. Sleep with my slave, and if she has a child, it will be mine.” Abram agreed, 3 and Sarai gave him Hagar to be his wife. This happened after Abram had lived in the land of Canaan for ten years. 4 Later, when Hagar knew she was going to have a baby, she became proud and treated Sarai hatefully.
5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “It's all your fault! I gave you my slave woman, but she has been hateful to me ever since she found out she was pregnant. You have done me wrong, and you will have to answer to the Lord for this.”
6 Abram said, “All right! She's your slave—do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai began treating Hagar so harshly that she finally ran away.
7 Hagar stopped to rest at a spring in the desert on the road to Shur. While she was there, the angel of the Lord came to her 8 and asked, “Hagar, where have you come from, and where are you going?”
She answered, “I'm running away from Sarai, my owner.”
9 The angel said, “Go back to Sarai and be her slave. 10-11 I will give you a son, who will be called Ishmael, because I have heard your cry for help. And someday I will give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them all. 12 But your son will live far from his relatives; he will be like a wild donkey, fighting everyone, and everyone fighting him.”
13 Hagar thought, “Have I really seen God and lived to tell about it?” So from then on she called him, “The God Who Sees Me.” 14 That's why people call the well between Kadesh and Bered, “The Well of the Living One Who Sees Me.”
15-16 Abram was 86 years old when Hagar gave birth to their son, and he named him Ishmael.
1 Bet Sāra, Ābrāma sieva, tam nebija dzemdējusi, un tai bija kalpone no Ēģiptes, tās vārds bija Hagara.
2 Un Sāra teica Ābramam: „Redzi, tas Kungs man nav devis iespēju dzemdēt, ej pie manas kalpones, varbūt no viņas man tiks doti pēcnācēji?“ Un Ābrāms paklausīja Sāras balsij.
3 Un Sāra, Ābrāma sieva, paņēma ēģiptieti Hagaru, savu kalponi, un deva to Ābrāmam par sievu pēc tam, kad tas desmit gadus bija nodzīvojis Kānaānas zemē.
4 Un viņš gāja pie Hagaras, un tā tapa grūta. Un kad tā redzēja, ka tā ir grūtniece, tad viņas kundze tai likās nicināma.
5 Tad Sāra sacīja Ābrāmam: „Netaisnība, kāda man notikusi, lai nāk pār tevi; es esmu devusi savu kalponi tavā klēpī, bet kad tā redzēja, ka ir grūta, es kļuvu nicināma viņas acīs; lai tas Kungs ir tiesnesis starp mani un tevi.“
6 Tad Ābrāms teica Sārai: „Redzi, tava kalpone šeit ir tavās rokās, dari viņai, kas tavām acīm labpatīk.“
7 Tad Sāra viņu pazemoja. Bet viņa aizbēga prom no tās. Bet tā Kunga eņģelis to atrada pie ūdens avota tuksnesī, pie avota ceļā uz Sūru.
8 Un viņš teica Hagarai, Sāras kalponei: „No kurienes tu nāc, un kurp tu ej?“ Bet tā atbildēja: „No savas valdnieces Sāras es esmu bēgusi.“
9 Un tā Kunga eņģelis sacīja viņai: „Atgriezies pie savas valdnieces un pazemojies zem tās rokas.“
10 Un tā Kunga eņģelis teica tai: „Es vairodams vairošu tavus pēcnācējus, un tu viņus vairuma dēļ nesaskaitīsi.“
11 Un tā Kunga eņģelis teica tai: „Redzi, tu esi grūta, un tu dzemdēsi dēlu, un tev būs saukt viņa vārdu—Ismaēls , jo tas Kungs tevi ir uzklausījis tavās bēdās.
12 Viņš būs savvaļas vīrs; viņa roka būs pret katru, un ikviena roka būs pret viņu, un viņš nevienam savu brāļu starpā negriezīs ceļu.“
13 Un viņa nosauca tā Kunga vārdu, kas bija runājis uz viņu: „Tu esi manas parādības Dievs,“ io viņa teica: „Vai tad es neesmu Viņu redzējusi, kas mani redz!“
14 Tāpēc šo avotu sauc „Beer la kaj roi.“ Tas ir starp Kadešu un Baradu.
15 Un Hagara dzemdēja Ābrāmam dēlu, un Ābrāms nosauca savu dēlu, ko Hagara bija dzemdējusi, vārdā Ismaēls.
16 Bet Ābrāmam bija astoņdesmit seši gadi, kad Hagara dzemdēja Ābrāmam Ismaēlu.
