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¹Abram'ın karısı Sara ise ona çocuk doğurmuyordu; fakat Sara'nın Hacer adında Mısırlı bir hizmetçi kız kölesi vardı.

²Bunun üzerine Sara Abram'a, "Bak, Rab doğurmamı engelledi" dedi, "Öyleyse hizmetçi kızımın yanına gir; belki onun aracılığıyla kendime bir soy edinebilirim." Ve Abram Sara'nın sözünü dinledi.

³Abram'ın karısı Sara, kocası Abram'ın Kenan diyarında on yıl yaşamasından sonra, kendi Mısırlı hizmetçi kız kölesi Hacer'i aldı ve onu kocası Abram'a eşi olması için verdi.

⁴Abram Hacer'in yanına girdi ve Hacer gebe kaldı; gebe olduğunu anlayınca da hanımı onun gözünde değersizleşti.

⁵Bunun üzerine Sara Abram'a, "Senin yüzünden haksızlığa uğruyorum" dedi, "Hizmetçi kızımı senin koynuna ben verdim; fakat gebe olduğunu görünce onun gözünde değersizleştirildim. Tanrı benimle senin aranda yargıç olsun."

⁶Abram Sara'ya, "İşte, hizmetçi kızın senin elindedir; ona senin için nasıl uygunsa öyle muamele et" dedi. Böylece Sara ona eziyet etti ve Hacer onun huzurundan kaçtı.

⁷Rab'bin meleği onu çölde bir su pınarının başında, Şur yolundaki pınarın yanında buldu.

⁸Ve ona, "Sara'nın hizmetçi kızı Hacer, nereden geliyorsun ve nereye gidiyorsun?" dedi. Hacer, "Hanımım Sara'nın huzurundan kaçıyorum" diye yanıtladı.

⁹Rab'bin meleği ona, "Hanımına geri dön ve onun otoritesi altında boyun eğerek kendini alçalt" dedi.

¹⁰Rab'bin meleği ona ayrıca, "Senin soyunu öyle çoğaltarak çoğaltacağım ki, çokluğundan ötürü sayılamayacak" dedi.

¹¹Rab'bin meleği ona, "İşte, sen gebesin ve bir oğul doğuracaksın" dedi, "Onun adını İsmail koyacaksın; çünkü Rab senin uğradığın haksızlığı ve düşkünlüğünü işitti.

¹²O, yabanıl bir adam olacak; eli herkese karşı, herkesin eli de ona karşı olacak ve bütün kardeşlerinin yanı başında yaşayacak."

¹³Hacer, kendisiyle konuşan Rab'be, "Sen beni gören Tanrı'sın" adını verdi. Çünkü, "Bana görüneni burada, önümde mi gördüm?" demişti.

¹⁴Bu yüzden o kuyuya "Önümde Görünenin Kuyusu" adı verildi; işte bu kuyu Kadeş ile Bared arasındadır.

¹⁵Hacer Abram'a bir oğul doğurdu. Abram, Hacer'in kendisine doğurduğu oğluna İsmail adını verdi.

¹⁶Hacer Abram'a İsmail'i doğurduğunda, Abram seksen altı yaşındaydı.

¹ΣΑΡΑ δὲ γυνὴ ῞Αβραμ οὐκ ἔτικτεν αὐτῷ. ἦν δὲ αὐτῇ παιδίσκη Αἰγυπτία, ᾗ ὄνομα ῎Αγαρ.

²εἶπε δὲ Σάρα πρὸς ῞Αβραμ· ἰδοὺ συνέκλεισέ με Κύριος τοῦ μὴ τίκτειν· εἴσελθε οὖν πρὸς τὴν παιδίσκην μου, ἵνα τεκνοποιήσωμαι ἐξ αὐτῆς. ὑπήκουσε δὲ ῞Αβραμ τῆς φωνῆς Σάρας.

³καὶ λαβοῦσα Σάρα ἡ γυνὴ ῞Αβραμ ῎Αγαρ τὴν Αἰγυπτίαν τὴν ἑαυτῆς παιδίσκην, μετὰ δέκα ἔτη τοῦ οἰκῆσαι ῞Αβραμ ἐν γῇ Χαναάν, ἔδωκεν αὐτὴν τῷ ῞Αβραμ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς αὐτῷ γυναῖκα.

⁴καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸς ῎Αγαρ, καὶ συνέλαβε. καὶ εἶδεν ὅτι ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχει, καὶ ἠτιμάσθη ἡ κυρία ἐναντίον αὐτῆς.

⁵εἶπε δὲ Σάρα πρὸς ῞Αβραμ· ἀδικοῦμαι ἐκ σοῦ· ἐγὼ δέδωκα τὴν παιδίσκην μου εἰς τὸν κόλπον σου, ἰδοῦσα δὲ ὅτι ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχει, ἠτιμάσθην ἐναντίον αὐτῆς· κρίναι ὁ Θεὸς ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ.

⁶εἶπε δὲ ῞Αβραμ πρὸς Σάραν· ἰδοὺ ἡ παιδίσκη σου ἐν ταῖς χερσί σου· χρῶ αὐτῇ ὡς ἄν σοι ἀρεστὸν ᾖ. καὶ ἐκάκωσεν αὐτὴν Σάρα, καὶ ἀπέδρα ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῆς.

⁷Εὗρε δὲ αὐτὴν ἄγγελος Κυρίου ἐπὶ τῆς πηγῆς τοῦ ὕδατος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ἐπὶ τῆς πηγῆς ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ Σούρ.

⁸καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου. ῎Αγαρ, παιδίσκη Σάρας, πόθεν ἔρχῃ καὶ ποῦ πορεύῃ; καὶ εἶπεν· ἀπὸ προσώπου Σάρας τῆς κυρίας μου ἐγὼ ἀποδιδράσκω.

⁹εἶπε δὲ αὐτῇ ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου· ἀποστράφηθι πρὸς τὴν κυρίαν σου καὶ ταπεινώθητι ὑπὸ τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῆς.

¹⁰καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου· πληθύνων πληθυνῶ τὸ σπέρμα σου, καὶ οὐκ ἀριθμηθήσεται ὑπὸ τοῦ πλήθους.

¹¹καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου· ἰδού, σὺ ἐν γαστρί ἔχεις καὶ τέξῃ υἱὸν καὶ καλέσεις τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ᾿Ισμαήλ, ὅτι ἐπήκουσε Κύριος τῇ ταπεινώσει σου.

¹²οὗτος ἔσται ἄγροικος ἄνθρωπος αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ πάντας, καὶ αἱ χεῖρες πάντων ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν, καὶ κατὰ πρόσωπον πάντων τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ κατοικήσει.

¹³καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ῎Αγαρ τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου τοῦ λαλοῦντος πρὸς αὐτήν· σὺ ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ἐπιδών με, ὅτι εἶπε· καὶ γὰρ ἐνώπιον εἶδον ὀφθέντα μοι.

¹⁴ἕνεκεν τούτου ἐκάλεσε τὸ φρέαρ Φρέαρ οὗ ἐνώπιον εἶδον· ἰδοὺ ἀνὰ μέσον Κάδης καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον Βαράδ.

¹⁵Καὶ ἔτεκεν ῎Αγαρ τῷ ῞Αβραμ υἱόν, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ῞Αβραμ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὃν ἔτεκεν αὐτῷ ῎Αγαρ, ᾿Ισμαήλ.

¹⁶῞Αβραμ δὲ ἦν ἐτῶν ὀγδοηκονταέξ, ἡνίκα ἔτεκεν ῎Αγαρ τῷ ῞Αβραμ τὸν ᾿Ισμαήλ.

¹AND Sara the wife of Abram bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian maid, whose name was Agar.

²And Sara said to Abram, Behold, the Lord has restrained me from bearing, go therefore in to my maid, that I may get children for myself through her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sara.

³So Sara the wife of Abram having taken Agar the Egyptian her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Chanaan, gave her to Abram her husband as a wife to him.

⁴And he went in to Agar, and she conceived, and saw that she was with child, and her mistress was dishonoured before her.

⁵And Sara said to Abram, I am injured by thee; I gave my handmaid into thy bosom, and when I saw that she was with child, I was dishonoured before her. The Lord judge between me and thee.

⁶And Abram said to Sara, Behold thy handmaid is in thy hands, use her as it may seem good to thee. And Sara afflicted her, and she fled from her face.

⁷And an angel of the Lord found her by the fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Sur.

⁸And the angel of the Lord said to her, Agar, Sara's maid, whence comest thou, and wither goest thou? and she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sara.

⁹And the angel of the Lord said to her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

¹⁰And the angel of the Lord said to her, I will surely multiply thy seed, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.

¹¹And the angel of the Lord said to her, Behold thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ismael, for the Lord hath hearkened to thy humiliation.

¹²He shall be a wild man, his hands against all, and the hands of all against him, and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

¹³And she called the name of the Lord God who spoke to her, Thou art God who seest me; for she said, For I have openly seen him that appeared to me.

¹⁴Therefore she called the well, The well of him whom I have openly seen; behold it is between Cades and Barad.

¹⁵And Agar bore a son to Abram; and Abram called the name of his son which Agar bore to him, Ismael.16 And Abram was eighty-six years old, when Agar bore Ismael to Abram.