1 S arai, mujer de Abram, no le daba hijos; pero tenía una sierva egipcia que se llamaba Agar.

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

2 D ijo Sarai a Abram: —Ya ves que Jehová me ha hecho estéril; te ruego, pues, que te llegues a mi sierva, y quizá tendré hijos de ella. Atendió Abram el ruego de Sarai.

So 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.

3 A sí, al cabo de diez años de habitar Abram en Canaán, su mujer Sarai tomó a Agar, su sierva egipcia, y la dio por mujer a su marido Abram.

Then 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.

4 É l se llegó, pues, a Agar, la cual concibió; pero al ver que había concebido, miraba con desprecio a su señora.

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

5 E ntonces Sarai dijo a Abram: —¡Mi agravio sea sobre ti! Yo te di a mi sierva por mujer, pero al verse encinta me mira con desprecio. ¡Juzgue Jehová entre tú y yo!

Then 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.”

6 R espondió Abram a Sarai: —Mira, tu sierva está en tus manos. Haz con ella lo que bien te parezca. Y como Sarai la afligía, Agar huyó de su presencia.

So 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.

7 L a halló el Ángel de Jehová junto a una fuente de agua en el desierto, junto a la fuente que está en el camino de Shur.

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

8 Y le dijo: —Agar, sierva de Sarai, ¿de dónde vienes y a dónde vas? Ella respondió: —Huyo de delante de Sarai, mi señora.

And 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.”

9 L e dijo el Ángel de Jehová: —Vuélvete a tu señora y ponte sumisa bajo su mano.

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

10 L e dijo también el Ángel de Jehová: —Multiplicaré tanto tu descendencia, que por ser tanta no podrá ser contada.

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

11 Y añadió el Ángel de Jehová: —Has concebido y darás a luz un hijo, y le pondrás por nombre Ismael porque Jehová ha oído tu aflicción.

And 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.

12 S erá un hombre fiero, su mano se levantará contra todos y la mano de todos contra él; y habitará delante de todos sus hermanos.

He 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.”

13 E ntonces dio Agar a Jehová, que hablaba con ella, el nombre de: «Tú eres el Dios que me ve», porque dijo: «¿Acaso no he visto aquí al que me ve?»

Then 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?”

14 P or lo cual llamó al pozo: «Pozo del Viviente-que-me-ve.» Este pozo está entre Cades y Bered.

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

15 A gar dio a luz un hijo a Abram, y Abram puso por nombre Ismael al hijo que le dio Agar.

So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

16 A bram tenía ochenta y seis años de edad cuando Agar dio a luz a Ismael.

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