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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
New King James Version
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. 2 (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. 3 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. 4 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.
5 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.”
6 (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.
7 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. 8 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 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
- Genesis 16:2 Lit. be built up from
- Genesis 16:4 sight
- Genesis 16:5 The wrong done to me be
- Genesis 16:11 Lit. God Hears
- Genesis 16:13 Heb. El Roi
- Genesis 16:13 Seen the back of
- Genesis 16:14 Lit. Well of the One Who Lives and Sees Me
Genesis 16
English Standard Version
Sarai and Hagar
16 (A)Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was (B)Hagar. 2 And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children[a] by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. 3 So, after Abram (C)had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife. 4 And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, (D)she looked with contempt on her mistress.[b] 5 And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May (E)the Lord judge between you and me!” 6 But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your servant is in your power; do to her as you please.” Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her.
7 The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to (F)Shur. 8 And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai.” 9 The angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her.” 10 The angel of the Lord also said to her, (G)“I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.” 11 And the angel of the Lord said to her,
“Behold, you are pregnant
and shall bear a son.
You shall call his name Ishmael,[c]
(H)because the Lord has listened to your affliction.
12 He shall be (I)a wild donkey of a man,
his hand against everyone
and everyone's hand against him,
and he shall dwell (J)over against all his kinsmen.”
13 So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,”[d] for she said, (K)“Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.”[e] 14 Therefore the well was called (L)Beer-lahai-roi;[f] it lies between (M)Kadesh and Bered.
15 And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. 16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
Footnotes
- Genesis 16:2 Hebrew be built up, which sounds like the Hebrew for children
- Genesis 16:4 Hebrew her mistress was dishonorable in her eyes; similarly in verse 5
- Genesis 16:11 Ishmael means God hears
- Genesis 16:13 Or You are a God who sees me
- Genesis 16:13 Hebrew Have I really seen him here who sees me? or Would I have looked here for the one who sees me?
- Genesis 16:14 Beer-lahai-roi means the well of the Living One who sees me
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