1 Maar Sarai, die vrou van Abram, het vir hom geen kinders gebaar nie; en sy het 'n Egiptiese slavin gehad met die naam van Hagar.

2 En Sarai het vir Abram gesê: Jy weet, die HERE het my nie toegelaat om moeder te word nie. Gaan tog in by my slavin; miskien sal ek uit haar gebou word. En Abram het na Sarai geluister.

3 Toe neem Sarai, die vrou van Abram, Hagar, die Egiptiese, haar slavin -- nadat Abram tien jaar in die land Kana„n gewoon het -- en gee haar aan haar man Abram om sy vrou te wees.

4 En hy het by Hagar ingegaan, en sy het swanger geword. Maar toe sy sien dat sy swanger was, het haar meesteres veragtelik in haar oë geword.

5 En Sarai sê vir Abram: Die onreg my aangedoen, is op jou! Ek self het my slavin in jou skoot gegee, en nou dat sy sien dat sy swanger is, het ek veragtelik in haar oë geword. Laat die HERE oordeel tussen my en jou.

6 En Abram antwoord Sarai: Daar is jou slavin in jou hand -- doen met haar soos dit goed is in jou oë. Toe het Sarai haar sleg behandel, en sy het van haar af weggevlug.

7 En die Engel van die HERE het haar by 'n fontein in die woestyn gevind, by die fontein op pad na Sur,

8 en gevra: Hagar, slavin van Sarai, waar kom jy vandaan, en waar gaan jy heen? En sy antwoord: Ek vlug van my meesteres Sarai af weg.

9 Toe sê die Engel van die HERE vir haar: Gaan terug na jou meesteres en verneder jou onder haar hande.

10 Verder sê die Engel van die HERE vir haar: Ek sal jou nageslag grootliks vermeerder, sodat dit vanweë die menigte nie getel kan word nie.

11 Ook sê die Engel van die HERE vir haar: Kyk, jy is swanger en sal 'n seun baar, en jy moet hom Ismael noem, want die HERE het jou in jou ellende verhoor.

12 En hy sal 'n wilde-esel van 'n mens wees: sy hand teen almal, en almal se hand teen hom! En hy sal teenoor al sy broers woon.

13 Toe noem sy die Naam van die HERE wat met haar gespreek het: U is 'n God wat sien. Want sy het gesê: Het ek hier ook gesien na Hom wat my sien?

14 Daarom noem hulle die put: Put van Lagai-Ro‹. Dit lê daar tussen Kades en Bered.

15 En Hagar het vir Abram 'n seun gebaar; en Abram het sy seun wat Hagar gebaar het, Ismael genoem.

16 En Abram was ses en tagtig jaar oud toe Hagar Ismael vir Abram gebaar het.

1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 3 And Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife. 4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into they bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: Jehovah judge between me and thee. 6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt hardly with her, and she fled from her face.

7 And the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai. 9 And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. 10 And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 11 And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because Jehovah hath heard thy affliction. 12 And he shall be as a wild ass among men; his hand shall be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren. 13 And she called the name of Jehovah that spake unto her, Thou art a God that seeth: for she said, Have I even here looked after him that seeth me? 14 Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bare, Ishmael. 16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.