Isaac Is Born(A)

21 And the Lord (B)visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah (C)as He had spoken. For Sarah (D)conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, (E)at the set time of which God had spoken to him. And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him—whom Sarah bore to him—(F)Isaac.[a] Then Abraham (G)circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, (H)as God had commanded him. Now (I)Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. And Sarah said, (J)“God has [b]made me laugh, and all who hear (K)will laugh with me.” She also said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? (L)For I have borne him a son in his old age.”

Hagar and Ishmael Depart(M)

So the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the same day that Isaac was weaned.

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar (N)the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, (O)scoffing.[c] 10 Therefore she said to Abraham, (P)“Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, namely with Isaac.” 11 And the matter was very [d]displeasing in Abraham’s sight (Q)because of his son.

12 But God said to Abraham, “Do not let it be displeasing in your sight because of the lad or because of your bondwoman. Whatever Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for (R)in Isaac your seed shall be called. 13 Yet I will also make (S)a nation of the son of the bondwoman, because he is your [e]seed.”

14 So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and [f]a skin of water; and putting it on her shoulder, he gave it and the boy to Hagar, and (T)sent her away. Then she departed and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba. 15 And the water in the skin was used up, and she placed the boy under one of the shrubs. 16 Then she went and sat down across from him at a distance of about a bowshot; for she said to herself, “Let me not see the death of the boy.” So she sat opposite him, and lifted her voice and wept.

17 And (U)God heard the voice of the lad. Then the (V)angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, “What ails you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18 Arise, lift up the lad and hold him with your hand, for (W)I will make him a great nation.”

19 Then (X)God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water, and gave the lad a drink. 20 So God (Y)was with the lad; and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, (Z)and became an archer. 21 He dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran; and his mother (AA)took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

A Covenant with Abimelech

22 And it came to pass at that time that (AB)Abimelech and Phichol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, (AC)“God is with you in all that you do. 23 Now therefore, (AD)swear[g] to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, with my offspring, or with my posterity; but that according to the kindness that I have done to you, you will do to me and to the land in which you have dwelt.”

24 And Abraham said, “I will swear.”

25 Then Abraham rebuked Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants (AE)had seized. 26 And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor had I heard of it until today.” 27 So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them (AF)made a [h]covenant. 28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

29 Then Abimelech asked Abraham, (AG)“What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?”

30 And he said, “You will take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that (AH)they may be my witness that I have dug this well.” 31 Therefore he (AI)called that place [i]Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba. So Abimelech rose with Phichol, the commander of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines. 33 Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and (AJ)there called on the name of the Lord, (AK)the Everlasting God. 34 And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines many days.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:3 Lit. Laughter
  2. Genesis 21:6 Lit. made laughter for me
  3. Genesis 21:9 Lit. laughing
  4. Genesis 21:11 distressing
  5. Genesis 21:13 descendant
  6. Genesis 21:14 A water bottle made of skins
  7. Genesis 21:23 take an oath
  8. Genesis 21:27 treaty
  9. Genesis 21:31 Lit. Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven

Isaac Is Born

21 (A)Then the Lord took note of Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as He had [a]promised. (B)So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at (C)the appointed time of which God had spoken to him. Abraham named his son who was born to him, the son whom Sarah bore to him, (D)Isaac. Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was (E)eight days old, as God had commanded him. Now Abraham was (F)a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. Sarah said, “God has made (G)laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh [b]with me.” And she said, “(H)Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have given birth to a son in his old age.”

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

Sarah Turns against Hagar

Now Sarah saw (I)the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, (J)mocking Isaac. 10 Therefore she said to Abraham, “(K)Drive out this slave woman and her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be an heir with my son [c]Isaac!” 11 (L)The matter [d]distressed Abraham greatly because of his son Ishmael. 12 But God said to Abraham, “[e]Do not be distressed because of the boy and your slave woman; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her, for (M)through Isaac [f]your descendants shall be named. 13 And of (N)the son of the slave woman I will make a nation also, because he is your [g]descendant.” 14 So Abraham got up early in the morning and took bread and a [h]skin of water, and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and gave her the boy, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.

15 When the water in the skin was used up, she [i]left the boy under one of the bushes. 16 Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away, for she said, “May I not [j]see the boy die!” And she sat opposite him, and (O)raised her voice and wept. 17 God (P)heard the boy crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “[k]What is the matter with you, Hagar? (Q)Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. 18 Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him by [l]the hand, (R)for I will make a great nation of him.” 19 Then God (S)opened her eyes, and she saw (T)a well of water; and she went and filled the [m]skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

20 And (U)God was with the boy, and he grew; and he lived in the wilderness and became an archer. 21 (V)He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

Covenant with Abimelech

22 Now it came about at that time that (W)Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, “(X)God is with you in all that you do; 23 so now, (Y)swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my descendants, but according to the kindness that I have shown to you, you shall show to me and to the land in which you have resided.” 24 Abraham said, “I swear it.” 25 But Abraham [n]complained to Abimelech because of the well of water which the servants of Abimelech (Z)had seized. 26 And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor did I hear of it [o]until today.”

27 So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and (AA)the two of them made a covenant. 28 But Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. 29 Then Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs mean, which you have set by themselves?” 30 He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may be a (AB)witness for me, that I dug this well.” 31 Therefore he called that place [p](AC)Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath. 32 So they made a covenant at Beersheba; and Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, got up and returned to the land of the Philistines. 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there (AD)he called on the name of the Lord, the (AE)Everlasting God. 34 And Abraham resided (AF)in the land of the Philistines for many days.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:1 Lit spoken
  2. Genesis 21:6 Lit for
  3. Genesis 21:10 Lit with Isaac
  4. Genesis 21:11 Lit was very grievous in Abraham’s sight
  5. Genesis 21:12 Lit Do not let it be grievous in your sight
  6. Genesis 21:12 Lit your seed will be called
  7. Genesis 21:13 Lit seed
  8. Genesis 21:14 I.e., a skin used as a bottle
  9. Genesis 21:15 Lit cast
  10. Genesis 21:16 Lit look at the death of the child
  11. Genesis 21:17 Lit What to you; an idiom
  12. Genesis 21:18 Lit your
  13. Genesis 21:19 See note v 14
  14. Genesis 21:25 Lit rebuked
  15. Genesis 21:26 Lit except
  16. Genesis 21:31 I.e., well of an oath

Natawo si Isaac

21 Unya, gihinumdoman sa Ginoo si Sara sumala sa iyang gisaad. Namabdos si Sara ug nanganak ug lalaki bisan tigulang na si Abraham. Natawo ang bata sa panahon gayod nga gitakda sa Dios. Ginganlan ni Abraham ang bata ug Isaac.

Sa dihang walo na ka adlaw ang bata, gituli siya ni Abraham sumala sa gisugo sa Dios kaniya. Nagaedad si Abraham ug 100 ka tuig sa dihang natawo si Isaac. Miingon si Sara, “Gipakatawa ako sa Dios sa kalipay, ug si bisan kinsa nga makadungog mahitungod niining nahitabo kanako mokatawa usab sama kanako. Kinsay makasulti kang Abraham nga makapasuso pa ako ug bata? Apan nakaanak pa ako bisan tigulang na siya.”

Midako si Isaac, ug sa adlaw nga gilutas siya nagpahigayon si Abraham ug usa ka dako nga kombira.

Gipalayas si Hagar ug si Ishmael

Usa ka adlaw, nakita ni Sara nga gisungog ni Ishmael si Isaac. (Si Ishmael anak ni Abraham kang Hagar nga Ehiptohanon.) 10 Busa miingon si Sara kang Abraham, “Palayasa kanang sulugoon nga babaye ug ang iyang anak, kay dili angay nga makapanunod ang iyang anak sa katigayonan uban kang Isaac nga akong anak.” 11 Nakapaguol gayod kini kang Abraham tungod kay anak usab niya si Ishmael. 12 Apan miingon ang Dios kaniya, “Ayaw kabalaka kang Ishmael ug kang Hagar. Tumana ang gusto ni Sara, kay magagikan kang Isaac ang mga kaliwat nga akong gisaad. 13 Ug kon bahin kang Ishmael, hatagan ko usab siya ug daghang mga kaliwat ug mahimo usab silang usa ka nasod, tungod kay anak mo usab siya.”

14 Pagkaugma, sayo kaayong mikuha si Abraham ug pagkaon ug tubig nga nasulod sa panit nga sudlanan, ug gibutang niya kini sa abaga ni Hagar. Unya gipalakaw niya si Hagar uban sa bata. Nagbaklay sila sa kamingawan sa Beersheba nga wala masayod kon asa sila paingon. 15 Sa dihang nahurot na ang ilang tubig, gibilin niya ang iyang anak ilalom sa usa ka tanom 16 ug milakaw siya sa unahan, nga mga 100 ka metros ang gilay-on gikan sa bata. Milingkod siya didto ug midangoyngoy ug hilak ug miingon, “Dili ako makaantos nga motan-aw sa akong anak nga mamatay.”

17 Unya, nadungog sa Dios ang paghilak sa bata. Ug gikan sa langit miingon ang anghel sa Dios kang Hagar, “Unsay imong gihilakan Hagar? Ayaw kahadlok; nadungog sa Dios ang hilak sa imong anak. 18 Tindog ug bangona ang imong anak, kay himuon kong dako nga nasod ang iyang mga kaliwat.” 19 Unya gipakita sa Dios kaniya ang usa ka atabay. Giadto niya kini ug gipuno niya ug tubig ang iyang sudlanan. Unya gipainom niya ang iyang anak.

20-21 Wala pasagdi sa Dios si Ishmael hangtod nga midako siya. Mipuyo siya didto sa kamingawan sa Paran ug nahimo siyang usa ka mamamana. Unya, gipaminyo siya sa iyang inahan ngadto sa usa ka Ehiptohanon.

Ang Kasabotan ni Abraham ug ni Abimelec

22 Niadtong panahona,[a] miadto si Abimelec kang Abraham uban sa pangulo sa iyang mga sundalo nga si Ficol. Miingon si Abimelec kang Abraham, “Gitabangan ka gayod sa Dios sa tanan mo nga gibuhat. 23 Busa, panumpa dinhi sa ngalan sa Dios nga dili mo gayod ako budhian ingon man ang akong mga anak ug mga kaliwat. Ipakita ang imong kaayo kanako ug niini nga dapit diin ka nagapuyo ingon nga usa ka dumuduong, sama sa pagpakita ko sa akong kaayo kanimo.” 24 Mitubag si Abraham, “Sige, gipanumpa ko.”

25 Apan mireklamo si Abraham kang Abimelec mahitungod sa atabay nga giilog sa mga sulugoon ni Abimelec. 26 Miingon si Abimelec, “Wala ako makahibalo kon kinsa ang nagbuhat niini. Wala mo ako sultihi, ug karon lang ako nakadungog bahin niini.” 27 Busa mikuha si Abraham ug mga karnero ug mga baka ug gihatag niya kini kang Abimelec, unya naghimo silang duha ug kasabotan. 28 Mikuha pa gayod si Abraham ug pito ka bayeng karnero ug iya kining gilain. 29 Nangutana si Abimelec, “Unsay buot ipasabot nianang pito ka bayeng karnero nga imong gilain?” 30 Mitubag si Abraham, “Dawata kining pito ka bayeng karnero isip pagpamatuod nga ako ang nagkalot niini nga atabay.” 31 Gitawag nila kadtong dapita ug Beersheba[b] tungod kay nanumpa silang duha didto.

32 Human sila makahimo sa ilang kasabotan didto sa Beersheba, mibalik si Abimelec ug si Ficol sa yuta sa mga Filistihanon. 33 Nagtanom si Abraham ug usa ka kahoy nga tamarisko didto sa Beersheba ug misimba siya sa Ginoo, ang Dios nga walay kataposan. 34 Mipuyo si Abraham sa yuta sa mga Filistihanon sa hataas nga panahon.

Footnotes

  1. 21:22 Niadtong panahona nga gipapahawa ni Abraham si Hagar ug si Ishmael, o sa dihang nagapanginabuhi na sila sa kamingawan sa Paran.
  2. 21:31 Beersheba: Ang buot ipasabot sa Hebreo, gipanumpaan nga atabay.

以撒出生

21 耶和華照着他所說的眷顧撒拉,耶和華實現了他對撒拉的應許。 亞伯拉罕年老,到 神對他說的那所定的時候,撒拉懷了孕,給他生了一個兒子。 亞伯拉罕撒拉所生的兒子起名叫以撒 以撒出生後第八日,亞伯拉罕遵照 神所吩咐的,為以撒行割禮。 他兒子以撒出生的時候,亞伯拉罕年一百歲。 撒拉說:「 神使我歡笑,凡聽見的人必與我一同歡笑」, 又說:「誰能預先對亞伯拉罕說,撒拉要乳養孩子呢?因為在他年老的時候,我為他生了一個兒子。」

孩子漸漸長大,就斷了奶。以撒斷奶的那一天,亞伯拉罕擺設豐盛的宴席。

夏甲和以實瑪利被逐

那時,撒拉看見埃及夏甲亞伯拉罕所生的兒子戲笑, 10 就對亞伯拉罕說:「你把這使女和她兒子趕出去!因為這使女的兒子不可與我的兒子以撒一同承受產業。」 11 亞伯拉罕為這事非常憂愁,因為關乎他的兒子。 12  神對亞伯拉罕說:「你不必為這孩子和你的使女憂愁。撒拉對你說的話,你都要聽從;因為從以撒生的,才要稱為你的後裔。 13 至於使女的兒子,我也必使他成為一國,因為他是你的後裔。」

14 亞伯拉罕清早起來,拿餅和一皮袋水,給了夏甲,搭在她肩上,把她和孩子一起送走。夏甲就走了,但她卻在別是巴的曠野流浪。 15 皮袋的水用完了,夏甲就把孩子放在一棵小樹下, 16 自己走開約有一箭之遠,相對而坐,說:「我不忍心看見孩子死」。她就坐在對面,放聲大哭。 17  神聽見孩子的聲音, 神的使者就從天上呼叫夏甲說:「夏甲,你為何這樣呢?不要害怕, 神已經聽見孩子在那裏的聲音了。 18 起來!把孩子扶起來,用你的手握住他,因我必使他成為大國。」 19  神開了夏甲的眼睛,她就看見一口水井。她就去,把皮袋裝滿了水,給孩子喝。

20  神與這孩子同在,他就漸漸長大,住在曠野,成了一個弓箭手。 21 他住在巴蘭的曠野;他母親從埃及地為他娶了一個妻子。

亞伯拉罕與亞比米勒立約

22 那時候,亞比米勒和他的將軍非各亞伯拉罕說:「凡你所做的事, 神都與你同在。 23 我願你如今在這裏指着 神對我起誓,不要虧待我和我的兒子,以及我的子孫。我怎樣忠誠待你,你也要照樣忠誠待我和你所寄居的這地。」 24 亞伯拉罕說:「我願意起誓。」

25 先前,亞比米勒的僕人霸佔了一口水井,亞伯拉罕為這事責備亞比米勒 26 亞比米勒說:「我不知道誰做了這事,你也沒有告訴我,我到今日才聽到。」 27 亞伯拉罕把羊和牛給了亞比米勒,二人就彼此立約。 28 亞伯拉罕把七隻小母羊另放在一處。 29 亞比米勒亞伯拉罕說:「你把這七隻小母羊另放一處是甚麼意思呢?」 30 他說:「你要從我手裏接受這七隻小母羊,作我挖了這口井的證據。」 31 所以他給那地方起名叫別是巴[a],因為他們二人在那裏起了誓。 32 他們在別是巴立了約,亞比米勒就和他的將軍非各起身回非利士人的地去了。 33 亞伯拉罕就在別是巴種了一棵柳樹,在那裏求告耶和華—永恆 神的名。 34 亞伯拉罕非利士人的地寄居了許多日子。

Footnotes

  1. 21.31 「別是巴」意思是「盟誓的井」。