夏甲與以實瑪利

16 亞伯蘭的妻子撒萊沒有生育,她有個婢女名叫夏甲,是埃及人。 撒萊對亞伯蘭說:「耶和華不讓我生育,請你與我的婢女同房,也許我可以藉著她生子立後。」亞伯蘭同意了撒萊的話。 於是,撒萊把埃及婢女夏甲給亞伯蘭做妾。那時亞伯蘭已經在迦南住了十年。 亞伯蘭與夏甲同房,她就懷了孕。夏甲知道自己懷了孕,就輕視女主人撒萊。 撒萊對亞伯蘭說:「我受氣都是因為你。我把婢女放在你懷裡,她仗著自己懷了孕就輕視我,願耶和華在你我之間主持公道。」 亞伯蘭對撒萊說:「婢女在你手中,隨你處置。」於是,撒萊苦待夏甲,夏甲就逃走了。

耶和華的天使在曠野中通往書珥之路的水泉旁找到了夏甲, 便問她:「撒萊的婢女夏甲,你從哪裡來?要到哪裡去?」她回答說:「我是從女主人撒萊那裡逃出來的。」 耶和華的天使對她說:「你要回到女主人那裡順服她。」 10 又說:「我必使你的後代多得不可勝數。」 11 接著又說:「你現在懷了孕,將來會生一個男孩,你要給他取名叫以實瑪利[a],因為耶和華已經聽見你痛苦的哀聲。 12 這孩子性情必像野驢,他要跟人作對,人也要跟他作對。他必與他所有的弟兄為敵。」 13 夏甲稱對她說話的耶和華為「看顧人的上帝」,她說:「我竟然在這裡看見了看顧我的上帝。」 14 因此,她稱加低斯和巴列之間的那口井為庇耳·拉海·萊[b]

15 後來夏甲為亞伯蘭生了一個兒子,亞伯蘭給他取名叫以實瑪利。 16 夏甲生以實瑪利時,亞伯蘭八十六歲。

Footnotes

  1. 16·11 以實瑪利」意思是「上帝聽見了」。
  2. 16·14 庇耳·拉海·萊」意思是「看顧我的永恆上帝之井」。

Sarai and Hagar

16 Now (A)Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children, and she had (B)an Egyptian servant-woman whose name was Hagar. So Sarai said to Abram, “Now behold, Yahweh has shut my womb from bearing children. (C)Please go in to my servant-woman; perhaps I will [a]obtain children through her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. And after Abram had [b]lived (D)ten years in the land of Canaan, Abram’s wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant-woman, and gave her to her husband Abram as his wife. So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. Then she saw that she had conceived, so her mistress became [c]contemptible in her sight. And Sarai said to Abram, “(E)May the violence done to me be upon you. I gave my servant-woman into your [d]embrace, but she saw that she had conceived, so I became [e]contemptible in her [f]sight. (F)May Yahweh judge between [g]you and me.” But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your servant-woman is in your [h]hand; do to her what is good in your [i]sight.” So Sarai afflicted her, and (G)she fled from her presence.

Now (H)the angel of Yahweh found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to (I)Shur. And he said, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant-woman, (J)where have you come from and where are you going?” And she said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.” Then the angel of Yahweh said to her, “Return to your mistress and [j]humble yourself under her hands.” 10 Moreover, the (K)angel of Yahweh said to her, “(L)I will greatly multiply your seed so that [k]they will be too many to be counted.” 11 And the angel of Yahweh said to her further,

“Behold, you [l]are with child,
And you will bear a son;
And you shall call his name [m]Ishmael,
Because (M)Yahweh has heard your affliction.
12 And he will be a (N)wild donkey of a man,
His hand will be against everyone,
And everyone’s hand will be against him;
And he will dwell [n](O)in the face of all his brothers.”

13 Then she called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, “[o]You are [p]a God who sees”; for she said, “(P)Have I even [q]remained alive here after seeing Him?” 14 Therefore the well was called [r]Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between (Q)Kadesh and Bered.

15 So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. 16 Now Abram was (R)eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to [s]him.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:2 Lit be built from her
  2. Genesis 16:3 Lit dwelt
  3. Genesis 16:4 Or cursed, cf. 12:3
  4. Genesis 16:5 Lit bosom
  5. Genesis 16:5 Or cursed, cf. 12:3
  6. Genesis 16:5 Lit eyes
  7. Genesis 16:5 Lit me and you
  8. Genesis 16:6 Or power
  9. Genesis 16:6 Lit eyes
  10. Genesis 16:9 Lit afflict, cf. 16:6
  11. Genesis 16:10 Or it shall not be counted for multitude
  12. Genesis 16:11 Or have conceived, cf. 3:16; 21:2; 25:21; Ex 2:2; 1 Sam 1:20; Luke 1:31, 36
  13. Genesis 16:11 Lit God hears
  14. Genesis 16:12 Or to the east of, in defiance of
  15. Genesis 16:13 Or You, O God, see me
  16. Genesis 16:13 Heb El roi
  17. Genesis 16:13 Lit seen here after the one who saw me
  18. Genesis 16:14 Lit the well of the living one who sees me
  19. Genesis 16:16 Lit Abram