The Birth of Isaac
1 The Lord blessed Sarah, as he had promised, 2 and she became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham when he was old. The boy was born at the time God had said he would be born. 3 Abraham named him Isaac, 4 and when Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded. 5 Abraham was a hundred years old when Isaac was born. 6 Sarah said, “God has brought me joy and laughter. Everyone who hears about it will laugh with me.” 7 Then she added, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
8 The child grew, and on the day that he was weaned, Abraham gave a great feast.
Hagar and Ishmael Are Sent Away
9 One day Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham, was playing with Sarah's son Isaac. 10 Sarah saw them and said to Abraham, “Send this slave and her son away. The son of this woman must not get any part of your wealth, which my son Isaac should inherit.” 11 This troubled Abraham very much, because Ishmael also was his son. 12 But God said to Abraham, “Don't be worried about the boy and your slave Hagar. Do whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that you will have the descendants I have promised. 13 I will also give many children to the son of the slave woman, so that they will become a nation. He too is your son.”
14 Early the next morning Abraham gave Hagar some food and a leather bag full of water. He put the child on her back and sent her away. She left and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba. 15 When the water was all gone, she left the child under a bush 16 and sat down about a hundred yards away. She said to herself, “I can't bear to see my child die.” While she was sitting there, she began to cry.
17 God heard the boy crying, and from heaven the angel of God spoke to Hagar, “What are you troubled about, Hagar? Don't be afraid. God has heard the boy crying. 18 Get up, go and pick him up, and comfort him. I will make a great nation out of his descendants.” 19 Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well. She went and filled the leather bag with water and gave some to the boy. 20 God was with the boy as he grew up; he lived in the wilderness of Paran and became a skillful hunter. 21 His mother got an Egyptian wife for him.
The Agreement between Abraham and Abimelech
22 At that time Abimelech went with Phicol, the commander of his army, and said to Abraham, “God is with you in everything you do. 23 So make a vow here in the presence of God that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. I have been loyal to you, so promise that you will also be loyal to me and to this country in which you are living.”
24 Abraham said, “I promise.”
25 Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well which the servants of Abimelech had seized. 26 Abimelech said, “I don't know who did this. You didn't tell me about it, and this is the first I have heard of it.” 27 Then Abraham gave some sheep and cattle to Abimelech, and the two of them made an agreement. 28 Abraham separated seven lambs from his flock, 29 and Abimelech asked him, “Why did you do that?”
30 Abraham answered, “Accept these seven lambs. By doing this, you admit that I am the one who dug this well.” 31 And so the place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them made a vow.
32 After they had made this agreement at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol went back to Philistia. 33 Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and worshiped the Lord, the Everlasting God. 34 Abraham lived in Philistia for a long time.
مولد إسحق
1 وتفقَّدَ الرّبُّ سارةَ كما قالَ، وفعَلَ لها كما وعَدَ. 2 فحَمَلت سارةُ وولَدت لإبراهيمَ ابنا في شيخوختهِ، في الوقتِ الّذي تكلَّمَ اللهُ عنهُ 3 فسَمَّاهُ إسحَقَ. 4 وختَنَ إبراهيمُ إسحَقَ ابنَهُ وهوَ ابنُ ثمانيةِ أيّامٍ، كما أوصاهُ اللهُ. 5 وكانَ إبراهيمُ ابنَ مئةِ سنَةٍ حينَ وُلِدَ إسحقُ. 6 وقالت سارةُ: «اللهُ جعَلَني أضحَكُ، وكُلُّ مَنْ سَمِعَ يضحَكُ لي أيضا». 7 وقالت: «مَنْ كانَ يقولُ إنَّ سارةَ ستُرضِـعُ لإبراهيمَ بنَينَ؟ وها أنا وَلَدتُ لَه ابنا في شيخوختِهِ!»
طرد هاجر وإسماعيل
8 وكبُرَ الصَّبـيُّ وفُطِمَ. وأقامَ إبراهيمُ وليمةً عظيمةً في يومِ فِطامِ إسحَقَ.
9 ورأت سارةُ ابنَ هاجرَ المِصْريَّةِ الّذي ولَدتْهُ لإبراهيمَ يلعبُ مع ابنِها إسحَقَ، 10 فقالت لإبراهيمَ: «أُطردْ هذِهِ الجاريةَ وابنَها! فابنُ هذِهِ الجاريةِ لا يَرِثُ معَ ابني إسحَقَ». 11 وساءَ إبراهيمَ هذا الكلامُ، لأنَّ إسماعيلَ، كانَ أيضا ابنَه. 12 فقالَ لَه اللهُ: «لا يَسوؤُكَ هذا الكلامُ على الصَّبـيِّ وعلى جاريتِكَ. إسمعْ لكُلِّ ما تقولُهُ لكَ سارةُ، لأنَّ بإسحَقَ يكونُ لكَ نسلٌ. 13 وابنُ الجاريةِ أيضا أجعلُهُ أُمَّةً لأنَّهُ مِنْ صُلبِكَ».
14 فبكَّرَ إبراهيمُ في الغدِ وأخذَ خُبزا وقِربةَ ماءٍ، فأعطاهُما لهاجرَ ووضَعَ الصَّبـيَّ على كتِفِها وصرفَها، فمضَت تَهيمُ على وجهِها في صحراءِ بئرَ سَبْعَ.
15 ونفدَ الماءُ مِنَ القِربةِ، فألقت هاجرُ الصَّبـيَّ تَحتَ إحدى الأشجارِ 16 ومضَت فجلسَت قُبَالتَهُ على بُعْدِ رميَتَي قوسٍ وهيَ تقولُ في نفْسِها: «لا أُريدُ أنْ أرى الولدَ يموتُ». وفيما هيَ جالسةٌ رفعت صوتَها بالبُكاءِ.
17 وسَمِعَ اللهُ صوتَ الصَّبـيِّ، فنادى ملاكُ اللهِ هاجرَ مِنَ السَّماءِ وقالَ لها: «ما لكِ يا هاجرُ؟ لا تخافي. سَمِعَ اللهُ صوتَ الصَّبـيِّ حَيثُ هوَ. 18 قُومي احملي الصَّبـيَّ وخُذي بـيدهِ، فسأجعَلُهُ أمَّةً عظيمةً». 19 وفتحَ اللهُ بصيرتَها فرأت بئرَ ماءٍ، فمضَت إلى البئرِ وملأتِ القِربةَ ماءً وسقتِ الصَّبـيَّ.
20 وكانَ اللهُ معَ الصَّبـيِّ حتى كبُرَ، فأقامَ بالصَّحراءِ، وكان راميا بالقوسِ. 21 وحينَ أقامَ بصحراءِ فارانَ، زوَّجَتْهُ أمُّهُ بامرأةٍ مِنْ أرضِ مِصْرَ.
إبراهيم وأبـيمالك في بئر سبع
22 وفي تِلكَ الأيّامِ جاءَ أبـيمالكُ معَ فيكولَ رئيسِ جيشهِ وقالَ لإبراهيمَ: «أرى أنَّ اللهَ معَكَ في كُلِّ ما تعمَلُهُ، 23 فاحْلِفْ لي هُنا باللهِ أنَّكَ لا تغدُرُ بـي ولا بذُرِّيَّتي ونسلي، بل تُبادلُني معروفا بمعروفٍ، أنا والأرضَ الّتي تغرَّبتَ فيها». 24 فقالَ إبراهيمُ: «أحلِفُ». 25 وعاتبَ إبراهيمُ أبـيمالكَ بخصوصِ البئرِ التي اغتصَبها منهُ عبـيدُ أبـيمالكَ. 26 فقالَ أبـيمالكُ: «لا أعرفُ مَنْ فعَلَ هذا، فلا أنتَ أخبرْتَني ولا أنا سَمِعْتُ بهِ إلى الآنَ». 27 وأخذَ إبراهيمُ غنَما وبقَرا، فأعطى أبـيمالكَ وقطَعا كِلاهُما عهدا. 28 وأفردَ إبراهيمُ سَبْعَ نِعاجٍ مِنَ الغنَمِ على حِدَةٍ. 29 فقالَ لَه أبـيمالكُ: «ما هذِهِ السَّبْعُ النِّعاجِ الّتي أفردْتَها على حِدَةٍ؟» 30 فأجابَ إبراهيمُ: «سَبْعُ نعاجٍ تأخذُ مِنْ يَدي، شهادةً لي بأنِّي حفَرْتُ هذِهِ البئرَ». 31 وسمَّى ذلِكَ المَوضِعَ بئرَ سَبْعَ، لأنَّ فيهِ تمَّ الإِتِّفاقُ.
32 وبَعدَما تعاهدا في بئرِ سَبْعَ، رجَعَ أبـيمالكُ وفيكولُ رئيسُ جيشِه إلى أرضِ الفلِسطيّينَ 33 وغرَسَ إبراهيمُ شجَرا في بئرِ سَبْعَ ودعا هُناكَ باسمِ الرّبِّ الإلهِ السَّرمديِّ. 34 وتغرَّبَ إبراهيمُ في أرضِ الفلِسطيِّينَ أيّاما كثيرةً.