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Genesis 16
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Genesis 16
The Message
16 1-2 Sarai, Abram’s wife, hadn’t yet produced a child.
She had an Egyptian maid named Hagar. Sarai said to Abram, “God has not seen fit to let me have a child. Sleep with my maid. Maybe I can get a family from her.” Abram agreed to do what Sarai said.
3-4 So Sarai, Abram’s wife, took her Egyptian maid Hagar and gave her to her husband Abram as a wife. Abram had been living ten years in Canaan when this took place. He slept with Hagar and she got pregnant. When Hagar learned she was pregnant, she looked down on her mistress.
5 Sarai told Abram, “It’s all your fault that I’m suffering this abuse. I put my maid in bed with you and the minute she knows she’s pregnant, she treats me like I’m nothing. May God decide which of us is right.”
6 “You decide,” said Abram. “Your maid is your business.”
Sarai was abusive to Hagar and Hagar ran away.
7-8 An angel of God found her beside a spring in the desert; it was the spring on the road to Shur. He said, “Hagar, maid of Sarai, what are you doing here?”
She said, “I’m running away from Sarai my mistress.”
9-12 The angel of God said, “Go back to your mistress. Put up with her abuse.” He continued, “I’m going to give you a big family, children past counting.
From this pregnancy, you’ll get a son: Name him Ishmael;
for God heard you, God answered you.
He’ll be a bucking bronco of a man,
a real fighter, fighting and being fought,
Always stirring up trouble,
always at odds with his family.”
13 She answered God by name, praying to the God who spoke to her, “You’re the God who sees me!
“Yes! He saw me; and then I saw him!”
14 That’s how that desert spring got named “God-Alive-Sees-Me Spring.” That spring is still there, between Kadesh and Bered.
15-16 Hagar gave Abram a son. Abram named him Ishmael. Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave him his son, Ishmael.
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1 Moseboken 16
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Hagar och Ismael
16 Abrams hustru Saraj hade inte fött några barn åt honom. Men hon hade en egyptisk slavinna som hette Hagar[a]. 2 Och Saraj sade till Abram: ”Se, Herren har gjort mig ofruktsam. Gå in till min slavinna. Kanske kan jag få barn genom henne[b].” Och Abram lyssnade till Sarajs ord. 3 När Abram hade bott tio år i Kanaans land[c], tog hans hustru Saraj sin egyptiska slavinna Hagar och gav henne till hustru åt sin man Abram. 4 Han gick in till Hagar och hon blev havande. Men när hon märkte att hon var havande, började hon förakta sin husmor.
5 Då sade Saraj till Abram: ”Den kränkning jag utsätts för ska komma över dig. Jag lade själv min slavinna i din famn, men när hon märkte att hon var havande började hon förakta mig. Herren får döma mellan mig och dig.” 6 Abram sade till Saraj: ”Se, din slavinna är i din hand. Gör med henne som du finner bäst.” När Saraj då bestraffade henne, flydde hon bort från henne.
7 Men Herrens ängel fann henne vid en vattenkälla i öknen, den källa som ligger vid vägen till Shur. 8 Han sade: ”Hagar, Sarajs slavinna, varifrån kommer du och vart går du?” Hon svarade: ”Jag är på flykt från min husmor Saraj.” 9 Då sade Herrens ängel till henne: ”Gå tillbaka till din husmor och ödmjuka dig under henne.” 10 Och Herrens ängel fortsatte: ”Jag ska göra dina efterkommande så talrika att man inte kan räkna dem.” 11 Sedan sade Herrens ängel till henne:
”Se, du är havande,
och du ska föda en son.
Du ska kalla honom Ismael[d],
för Herren har hört
hur du har lidit.
12 (A) Han ska vara som en vildåsna.
Hans hand ska vara mot alla
och allas hand mot honom.
Och han ska bo mitt emot[e]
alla sina bröder.”
13 Och hon gav ett namn åt Herren som hade talat med henne. Hon sade: ”Du är den Gud som ser mig”, för hon tänkte: ”Har jag här fått se en skymt av honom som ser mig?” 14 Därför kallar man brunnen Beer-Lahaj-Roi[f]. Den ligger mellan Kadesh och Bered.
15 (B) Hagar födde en son åt Abram. Och Abram gav sonen som Hagar fött namnet Ismael. 16 Abram var åttiosex år[g] när Hagar födde Ismael åt honom.
Footnotes
- 16:1 Hagar Kan betyda ”flytt” (jfr arabiska hijra). Hon används av Paulus i Gal 4:24f som symbol för slaveri under lagen.
- 16:2 barn genom henne Jfr 30:3, 9. Liknande arrangemang kring surrogatmödraskap omnämns i Hammurabis lag från Mesopotamien (1700-tal f Kr).
- 16:3 När Abram hade bott tio år i Kanaans land Ca 2081 f Kr.
- 16:11 Ismael Betyder ”Gud hör”.
- 16:12 mitt emot Ordagrant: ”framför ansiktet på”. Annan översättning: ”öster om”.
- 16:14 Beer-Lahaj-Roi Betyder ”Den Levandes brunn, han som ser mig”.
- 16:16 åttiosex år när Hagar födde Ismael Ca 2080 f Kr.
Genesis 16
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Genesis 16
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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) 2 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. 3 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. 4 He slept with Hagar,(I) and she conceived.
When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.(J) 5 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)
6 “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.
7 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) 8 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.
9 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
- Genesis 16:11 Ishmael means God hears.
- Genesis 16:12 Or live to the east / of
- Genesis 16:13 Or seen the back of
- Genesis 16:14 Beer Lahai Roi means well of the Living One who sees me.
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