1 N ow Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar.

وَأمّا سارايُ، زَوْجَةُ أبْرامَ، فَلَمْ تَكُنْ قَدْ أنْجَبَتْ لَهُ أبْناءً. وَكانَ لَها جارِيَةٌ مِصْرِيَّةٌ اسْمُها هاجَرُ.

2 S o Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the Lord has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai.

فَقالَتْ سارايُ لِأبْرامَ: «ها أنْتَ تَرَى أنَّ اللهَ حَرَمَنِي مِنَ القُدْرَةِ عَلَى الإنْجابِ، فَعاشِرْ جارِيَتِي. وَسَأبْنِي عائِلَتِي مِنْ أولادِها.» فَوافَقَ أبْرامُ امْرَأتَهُ عَلَى رَأيِها.

3 T hen Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan.

فَبَعْدَ أنْ مَضَتْ عَشْرُ سَنَواتٍ عَلَى سَكَنِ أبْرامَ فِي أرْضِ كَنْعانَ، قَدَّمَتْ سارايُ، زَوْجَةُ أبْرامَ، جارِيَتَها المِصْرِيَّةَ هاجَرَ زَوْجَةً لِزَوْجِها أبْرامَ.

4 S o he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became despised in her eyes.

فَعاشَرَ أبْرامُ هاجَرَ فَحَبِلَتْ. وَلَمّا رَأتْ هَاجَرُ أنَّها حَبِلَتْ، صَغُرَتْ سَيِّدَتُها سارايُ فِي عَينَيها.

5 T hen Sarai said to Abram, “My wrong be upon you! I gave my maid into your embrace; and when she saw that she had conceived, I became despised in her eyes. The Lord judge between you and me.”

فَقالَتْ سارايُ لِأبْرامَ: «أنتَ المَلُومُ فِي ما أُسِيئَ بِهِ إلَيَّ. أنا نَفْسِي الَّتِي وَضَعْتُها بَينَ يَدَيكَ، فَلَمّا حَبِلَتْ، صارَتْ تَحتَقِرُنِي. لِيَحْكُمِ اللهُ بَينِي وَبَينَكَ.»

6 S o Abram said to Sarai, “Indeed your maid is in your hand; do to her as you please.” And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her presence.

فَقالَ أبْرامَ لِسارايَ: «ما هِيَ إلّا خادِمَةٌ عِنْدَكِ، وَهِيَ تَحْتَ سُلطَتِكِ. فافْعَلِي بِها كَما يَحلُو لَكِ.» فَأساءَتْ سارايُ مُعامَلَةَ هاجَرَ، فَهَرَبَتْ مِنْها. إسْماعِيلُ ابْنُ هاجَر

7 N ow the Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.

وَجَلَسَتْ هاجَرُ عِنْدَ نَبْعٍ فِي الصَّحْراءِ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ إلَى شُورَ. فَجاءَها مَلاكُ اللهِ إلَى هُناكَ.

8 A nd He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where have you come from, and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.”

وَقالَ لَها: «يا هاجَرُ، يا جارِيَةَ سارايَ، مِنْ أينَ جِئْتِ؟ وَإلَى أينَ تَمْضِينَ؟» فَقالَتْ: «أنا هارِبَةٌ مِنْ سَيِّدَتِي سارايَ.»

9 T he Angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hand.”

فَقالَ لَها مَلاكُ اللهِ: «عُودِي إلَى سَيِّدَتِكِ، وَاخضَعِي لَها.»

10 T hen the Angel of the Lord said to her, “I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.”

وَأضافَ مَلاكُ اللهِ: «سَأُكَثِّرُ نَسلَكِ تَكْثِيراً، فَلا يُعَدُّونَ لِكَثْرَتِهِمْ.»

11 A nd the Angel of the Lord said to her: “Behold, you are with child, And you shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, Because the Lord has heard your affliction.

«وَقالَ لَها مَلاكُ اللهِ: «ها أنْتِ حُبلَى، وَسَتَلِدِينَ ابْناً، وَسَيَكُونُ اسْمُهُ إسْماعِيلَ. فَاللهُ قَدْ سَمِعَ مِحْنَتَكِ.

12 H e shall be a wild man; His hand shall be against every man, And every man’s hand against him. And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.”

سَيَهِيمُ ابْنُكِ كَحِمارٍ وَحشِيٍّ. وَسَتَكُونُ يَدُهُ عَلَى جَميعِ المُحيطينَ بِهِ، وَيَدُ المُحيطينَ بِهِ عَلَيهِ. وَسَيَنْصُبُ خِيامَهُ فِي مُواجَهَةِ إخْوَتِهِ.»

13 T hen she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, You-Are-the-God-Who-Sees; for she said, “Have I also here seen Him who sees me?”

وَنادَتْ هاجَرُ اللهَ الَّذِي كَلَّمَها وَقالَتْ: «أنتَ الإلَهُ البَصِيرُ.» إذْ قالَتْ: «أحَقّاً أبصَرْتُ ذاكَ الَّذِي أبصَرَنِي؟»

14 T herefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; observe, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

فَسُمِّيَتْ تِلْكَ البِئْرُ «بِئْرَ لَحَي رُئِي.» وَهِيَ تَقَعُ بَينَ قادِشَ وَبارَدَ.

15 S o Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

وَأنْجَبَتْ هاجَرُ ابْناً لأبْرامَ. فَسَمّاهُ أبْرَامُ إسْماعِيلَ.

16 A bram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

وَكانَ أبْرامُ فِي السّادِسَةِ وَالثَّمانِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِنْدَما أنْجَبَتْ هاجَرُ إسْماعِيلَ.