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Nacimiento de Ismael

16 Saray, la mujer de Abrán, no le había dado hijos. Pero Saray tenía una esclava egipcia, llamada Agar. Y dijo Saray a Abrán:

— El Señor no me ha permitido tener hijos; acuéstate con mi esclava y quizás podamos tener familia gracias a ella.

Abrán aceptó su propuesta. Diez años habían transcurrido desde que Abrán se instaló en Canaán, cuando Saray, su mujer, tomó a Agar, su esclava egipcia, y se la dio como mujer a Abrán, su marido. Abrán se acostó con Agar, y ella quedó embarazada. Pero cuando Agar supo que esperaba un hijo, perdió el respeto a su señora. Entonces Saray dijo a Abrán:

— ¡Tú tienes la culpa de que esta me menosprecie! Yo puse a mi esclava en tus brazos y, cuando ella ha visto que espera un hijo, me ha perdido el respeto. ¡Que el Señor actúe de juez entre nosotros!

Abrán respondió a Saray:

— Mira, la esclava es cosa tuya; haz con ella como mejor te parezca.

Entonces Saray empezó a tratarla tan mal que Agar tuvo que huir de ella. El ángel del Señor la encontró en el desierto, junto a un manantial de agua —la fuente que hay en el camino de Sur— y le preguntó:

— Agar, esclava de Saray, ¿de dónde vienes y a dónde vas?

Ella respondió:

— Vengo huyendo de mi señora Saray.

Y el ángel del Señor le dijo:

— Vuelve con tu señora y sométete a su autoridad.

10 Luego añadió:

— Multiplicaré tu descendencia de suerte que nadie será capaz de contarla.

11 Y siguió diciendo:

— Estás embarazada y darás a luz un hijo a quien pondrás el nombre de Ismael, porque el Señor escuchó tu aflicción. 12 Indómito como un potro salvaje, luchará contra todos y todos lucharán contra él; y vivirá enfrentado a todos sus hermanos.

13 Agar entonces se dijo: ¿Será verdad que yo he visto aquí a aquel que me ve? Por lo que Agar invocó al Señor, que le había hablado, con el nombre de El-Roí. 14 Por eso al pozo aquel, el que se encuentra entre Cadés y Bared, lo llamó Lajay Roí —es decir, Pozo del Viviente que me ve—.

15 Agar dio un hijo a Abrán, y Abrán le puso el nombre de Ismael. 16 Abrán tenía ochenta y seis años cuando nació Ismael.

Hagar and Ishmael

16 Now Sarai,(A) Abram’s wife, had borne him no children.(B) But she had an Egyptian slave(C) named Hagar;(D) so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children.(E) Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.”(F)

Abram agreed to what Sarai said. So after Abram had been living in Canaan(G) ten years,(H) Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife. He slept with Hagar,(I) and she conceived.

When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.(J) Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the Lord judge between you and me.”(K)

“Your slave is in your hands,(L)” Abram said. “Do with her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai mistreated(M) Hagar; so she fled from her.

The angel of the Lord(N) found Hagar near a spring(O) in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur.(P) And he said, “Hagar,(Q) slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?”(R)

“I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.

Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.” 10 The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.”(S)

11 The angel of the Lord(T) also said to her:

“You are now pregnant
    and you will give birth to a son.(U)
You shall name him(V) Ishmael,[a](W)
    for the Lord has heard of your misery.(X)
12 He will be a wild donkey(Y) of a man;
    his hand will be against everyone
    and everyone’s hand against him,
and he will live in hostility
    toward[b] all his brothers.(Z)

13 She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,(AA)” for she said, “I have now seen[c] the One who sees me.”(AB) 14 That is why the well(AC) was called Beer Lahai Roi[d];(AD) it is still there, between Kadesh(AE) and Bered.

15 So Hagar(AF) bore Abram a son,(AG) and Abram gave the name Ishmael(AH) to the son she had borne. 16 Abram was eighty-six years old(AI) when Hagar bore him Ishmael.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:11 Ishmael means God hears.
  2. Genesis 16:12 Or live to the east / of
  3. Genesis 16:13 Or seen the back of
  4. Genesis 16:14 Beer Lahai Roi means well of the Living One who sees me.

Hagar and Ishmael

16 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, (A)had borne him no children. And she had (B)an Egyptian maidservant whose name was (C)Hagar. (D)So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the Lord (E)has restrained me from bearing children. Please, (F)go in to my maid; perhaps I shall [a]obtain children by her.” And Abram (G)heeded the voice of Sarai. Then Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife, after Abram (H)had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan. So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became (I)despised in her [b]eyes.

Then Sarai said to Abram, [c]“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. (J)The Lord judge between you and me.”

(K)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, (L)she fled from her presence.

Now the (M)Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, (N)by the spring on the way to (O)Shur. 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.”

The Angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and (P)submit yourself under her hand.” 10 Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, (Q)“I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.” 11 And the Angel of the Lord said to her:

“Behold, you are with child,
(R)And you shall bear a son.
You shall call his name [d]Ishmael,
Because the Lord has heard your affliction.
12 (S)He shall be a wild man;
His hand shall be against every man,
And every man’s hand against him.
(T)And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.”

13 Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, You-Are-[e]the-God-Who-Sees; for she said, “Have I also here [f]seen Him (U)who sees me?” 14 Therefore the well was called (V)Beer Lahai Roi;[g] observe, it is (W)between Kadesh and Bered.

15 So (X)Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. 16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:2 Lit. be built up from
  2. Genesis 16:4 sight
  3. Genesis 16:5 The wrong done to me be
  4. Genesis 16:11 Lit. God Hears
  5. Genesis 16:13 Heb. El Roi
  6. Genesis 16:13 Seen the back of
  7. Genesis 16:14 Lit. Well of the One Who Lives and Sees Me