1 و َأظهَرَ اللهُ نِعمَةً لِسارَةَ كَما وَعَدَ. وَعَمِلَ اللهُ مَعَها كَما سَبَقَ أنْ أعلَنَ لِزَوْجِها.

Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken.

2 ف َحَبِلَتْ سارَةُ وَأنجَبَتْ وَلَداً لإبْراهِيمَ فِي شَيخُوخَتِهِ. وَفِي المَوْعِدِ الَّذِي سَبَقَ أنْ حَدَّدَهُ اللهُ لَها.

Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

3 و َسَمَّى إبْراهِيمُ ابْنَهُ الَّذِي وَلَدَتْهُ لَهُ سارَةُ إسْحاقَ.

Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

4 و َخَتَنَ إبْراهِيمُ ابْنَهُ إسْحاقَ عِنْدَما بَلَغَ ثَمانِيَةَ أيّامٍ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ، كَما أوْصاهُ اللهُ.

Abraham circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

5 و َكانَ عُمْرُ إبْراهِيمَ مِئَةَ سَنَةٍ عِنْدَما رُزِقَ بِابْنِهِ إسْحاقَ.

Abraham was one hundred years old when his son, Isaac, was born to him.

6 ف َقالَتْ سارَةُ: «لَقَدْ أضحَكَنِي اللهُ. وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَسْمَعُ عَنْ هَذا سَيَضْحَكُ مَعِي.»

Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”

7 و َقالَتْ أيضاً: «مَنْ كانَ يَتَخَيَّلُ أنْ يُقالَ لإبْراهِيمَ: ‹سَتُرْضِعُ سارَةُ أطفالاً›؟ لَكِنِّي أنجَبْتُ وَلَداً لَهُ فِي شَيخُوخَتِهِ.» طردُ هاجَرَ وَإسْماعيل

She said, “Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.”

8 و َكَبِرَ الطِّفلُ وَفُطِمَ. فَأقامَ إبْراهِيمُ حَفلَةً كَبِيرَةً يَوْمَ فُطِمَ إسْحاقُ.

The child grew, and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

9 و َرَأتْ سارَةُ ابْنَ هاجَرَ المِصْرِيَّةَ الَّذِي وَلَدَتْهُ لإبْراهِيمَ يُضايِقُ إسْحاقَ.

Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.

10 ف َقالَتْ لإبْراهِيمَ: «اطرُدْ هَذِهِ الجارِيَةَ وَابْنَها بَعِيداً، لأنَّ ابْنَ هَذِهِ الجارِيَةِ لَنْ يَرِثَ مَعَ ابْنِي إسْحاقَ.»

Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this servant and her son! For the son of this servant will not be heir with my son, Isaac.”

11 ف َساءَ هَذا الأمْرُ إبْراهِيمَ كَثِيراً بِسَبَبِ ابْنِهِ إسْماعِيلَ.

The thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son.

12 ف َقالَ اللهُ لإبْراهِيمَ: «لا تَتَضايَقْ بِسَبَبِ ابْنِكَ وَجارِيَتِكَ، بَلِ افْعَلْ كُلَّ ما قالَتْهُ لَكَ سارَةُ. وَسَيَكُونُ لَكَ نَسلٌ بِواسِطَةِ إسْحَاقَ.

God said to Abraham, “Don’t let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your servant. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac.

13 و َسَأجعَلُ ابْنَ الجارِيَةِ أيضاً أُمَّةً، لِأنَّهُ ابْنُكَ.»

I will also make a nation of the son of the servant, because he is your child.”

14 ف َقامَ إبْراهِيمُ فِي الصَّباحِ الباكِرِ، وَأخَذَ طَعاماً وَقِرْبَةَ ماءٍ وَوَضَعَهُما عَلَى كَتِفِ هاجَرَ، ثُمَّ أعطاها الوَلَدَ وَأرْسَلَهُما فِي طَرِيقِهِما. فَغادَرَتْ هاجَرُ ذَلِكَ المَكانِ، وَارْتَحَلَتْ فِي صَحْراءِ بِئْرِ السَّبْعِ.

Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder; and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

15 ف َلَمّا نَفِذَ الماءُ مِنَ القِرْبَةِ، وَضَعَتِ الوَلَدَ تَحْتَ إحدَى الأشْجارِ.

The water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

16 و َذَهَبَتْ لِتَجلِسَ بَعِيداً عَنْهُ، عَلَى بُعْدِ رَمْيَةِ قَوْسٍ. إذْ قالَتْ: «لا أُرِيدُ أنْ يَمُوتَ ابْنِي تَحْتَ نَظَرِي.» فَجَلَسَتْ عَلَى مَسافَةٍ، وَأخَذَتْ تَبْكِي.

She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of the child.” She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

17 ف َسَمِعَ اللهُ صَوْتَ الوَلَدِ. فَنادَى مَلاكُ اللهِ هاجَرَ مِنَ السَّماءِ وَقالَ لَها: «ما لَكِ، يا هاجَرُ؟ لا تَخافِي، فَاللهُ قَدْ سَمِعَ الوَلَدَ يَبْكِي هُناكَ.

God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, “What ails you, Hagar? Don’t be afraid. For God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.

18 ف َقُومِي! أنْهِضِي الوَلَدَ، وَأمْسِكِيهِ جَيِّداً مِنْ يَدِهِ. فَأنا سَأجعَلُهُ أُمَّةً عَظِيمَةً.»

Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation.”

19 ث ُمَّ أراها اللهُ بِئْرَ ماءٍ. فَذَهَبَتْ وَمَلأتِ القِرْبَةَ ماءً. ثُمَّ سَقَتِ الوَلَدَ.

God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled the bottle with water, and gave the boy drink.

20 و َكانَ اللهُ مَعَ الوَلَدِ حَتَّى كَبِرَ. وَسَكَنَ إسْماعِيلُ فِي الصَّحْراءِ. وَصارَ رامِيَ سِهامٍ.

God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.

21 و َعاشَ فِي بَرِّيَّةِ فارانَ. وَاختارَتْ لَهُ أُمُّهُ زَوْجَةً مِنْ أرْضِ مِصْرَ. عَهْدُ إبْراهيمَ وَأبِيمالِك

He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.

22 ف ِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، قالَ أبِيمالِكُ وَمَعْهُ فِيكُولُ قائِدُ جَيشِهِ لإبْراهِيمَ: «إنَّ اللهَ مَعَكَ فِي كُلِّ ما تَفعَلُهُ.

At that time, Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do.

23 ف احلِفْ لِي بِاللهِ أنَّكَ لَنْ تَلْجَأ يَوْماً إلَى الغَدْرِ فِي تَعامُلِكَ مَعِي أوْ مَعَ أبْنائِي أوْ مَعَ نَسلِي. فَكَما كُنْتُ كَرِيماً مَعَكَ، احلِفْ أنْ تَكُونَ كَرِيماً مَعِي وَمَعَ هَذِهِ الأرْضِ الَّتِي تَغَرَّبْتَ فِيها.»

Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner.”

24 ف َقالَ إبْراهِيمُ: «أحلِفُ.»

Abraham said, “I will swear.”

25 ث ُمَّ اشْتَكَى إبْراهِيمُ لِأبِيمالِكَ مِنْ أنَّ عَبِيدَهُ اسْتَولُوا عَلَى بِئْرِ ماءٍ يَخُصُّهُ.

Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

26 ف َقالَ أبِيمالِكُ: «لا أعلَمُ مَنِ الَّذِي فَعَلَ هَذا. فَأنتَ لَمْ تُخبِرْنِي فِيما مَضَى، وَلَمْ أسْمَعْ بِهَذا الأمْرِ إلّا اليَوْمَ.»

Abimelech said, “I don’t know who has done this thing. You didn’t tell me, and I didn’t hear of it until today.”

27 ف َأخَذَ إبْراهِيمُ غَنَماً وَبَقَراً وَأعطاها لِأبِيمالِكَ. وَقَطَعَ الاثْنانِ بَينَهُما عَهداً.

Abraham took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant.

28 و َفَرَزَ إبْراهِيمُ سَبْعَ نِعاجٍ مِنَ القَطِيعِ.

Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

29 ف َسَألَ أبِيمالِكُ إبْراهِيمَ: «لِماذا فِرَزْتَ هَذِهِ النِّعاجَ السَّبْعَ وَحْدَها؟»

Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?”

30 ف َقالَ إبْراهِيمُ: «سَتَأْخُذُ هَذِهِ النِّعاجَ السَّبْعَ مِنِّي شَهادَةً عَلَى أنِّي حَفَرْتُ هَذَهِ البِئْرَ.»

He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.”

31 ف َبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ سُمِّيَتْ تِلْكَ البِئْرُ بِئْرَ سَبْعٍ، لِأنَّهُما قَطَعا عَهداً وَأقْسَما هُناكَ.

Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there.

32 ف َقَطَعا عَهْداً فِي بِئْرِ السَّبْعِ. وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ عادَ أبِيمالِكُ وَفِيكُولُ رَئِيسُ جَيشِهِ إلَى أرْضِ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ.

So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

33 و َزَرَعَ إبْراهِيمُ شَجَرَةَ أثلٍ فِي بِئْرِ السَّبْعِ. وَهُناكَ صَلَّى بِاسمِ يهوه، الإلَهِ السَّرْمَدِيِّ.

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.

34 و َتَغَرَّبَ إبْراهِيمُ فِي أرْضِ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ مُدَّةً طَوِيلَةً.

Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines many days.