Genesi 21

1L’Eterno visitò Sara come avea detto; e l’Eterno fece a Sara come aveva annunziato. 2E Sara concepì e partorì un figliuolo ad Abrahamo, quand’egli era vecchio, al tempo che Dio gli avea fissato. 3E Abrahamo pose nome Isacco al figliuolo che gli era nato, che Sara gli avea partorito. 4E Abrahamo circoncise il suo figliuolo Isacco all’età di otto giorni, come Dio gli avea comandato. 5Or Abrahamo aveva cento anni, quando gli nacque il suo figliuolo Isacco. 6E Sara disse: "Iddio m’ha dato di che ridere; chiunque l’udrà riderà con me". 7E aggiunse: "Chi avrebbe mai detto ad Abrahamo che Sara allatterebbe figliuoli? poiché io gli ho partorito un figliuolo nella sua vecchiaia". 8Il bambino dunque crebbe e fu divezzato; e nei giorno che Isacco fu divezzato, Abrahamo fece un gran convito. 9E Sara vide che il figliuolo partorito ad Abrahamo da Agar, l’egiziana, rideva; 10allora ella disse ad Abrahamo: "Caccia via questa serva e il suo figliuolo; perché il figliuolo di questa serva non ha da essere erede col mio figliuolo, con Isacco". 11E la cosa dispiacque fortemente ad Abrahamo, a motivo del suo figliuolo. 12Ma Dio disse ad Abrahamo: "Questo non ti dispiaccia, a motivo del fanciullo della tua serva; acconsenti a tutto quello che Sara ti dirà; poiché da Isacco uscirà la progenie che porterà il tuo nome. 13Ma anche del figliuolo di questa serva io farò una nazione, perché e tua progenie". 14Abrahamo dunque si levò la mattina di buon’ora, prese del pane e un otre d’acqua, e lo diede ad Agar, mettendoglielo sulle spalle; le diede anche il fanciullo, e la mandò via. Ed essa partì e andò errando per il deserto di Beer-Sceba. 15E quando l’acqua dell’otre venne meno, essa lasciò cadere il fanciullo sotto un arboscello. 16E se ne andò, e si pose a sedere dirimpetto, a distanza d’un tiro d’arco; perché diceva: "Ch’io non vegga morire il fanciullo!" E sedendo così dirimpetto, alzò la voce e pianse. 17E Dio udì la voce del ragazzo; e l’angelo dì Dio chiamò Agar dal cielo, e le disse: "Che hai, Agar? non temere, poiché Iddio ha udito la voce del fanciullo là dov’è. 18Lèvati, prendi il ragazzo e tienlo per la mano; perché io farò di lui una grande nazione". 19E Dio le aperse gli occhi, ed ella vide un pozzo d’acqua: e andò, empì d’acqua l’otre, e diè da bere al ragazzo. 20E Dio fu con lui; ed egli crebbe, abitò nel deserto, e fu tirator d’arco; 21dimorò nel deserto di Paran, e sua madre gli prese per moglie una donna del paese d’Egitto. 22Or avvenne in quel tempo che Abimelec, accompagnato da Picol, capo del suo esercito, parlò ad Abrahamo, dicendo: "Iddio è teco in tutto quello che fai; 23or dunque giurami qui, nel nome di Dio, che tu non ingannerai né me, né i miei figliuoli, né i miei nipoti; ma che userai verso di me e verso il paese dove hai dimorato come forestiero, la stessa benevolenza che io ho usata verso di te". 24E Abrahamo rispose: "Lo giuro". 25E Abrahamo fece delle rimostranze ad Abimelec per cagione di un pozzo d’acqua, di cui i servi di Abimelec s’erano impadroniti per forza. 26E Abimelec disse: "Io non so chi abbia fatto questo; tu stesso non me l’hai fatto sapere, e io non ne ho sentito parlare che oggi". 27E Abrahamo prese pecore e buoi e li diede ad Abimelec; e i due fecero alleanza. 28Poi Abrahamo mise da parte sette agnelle del gregge. 29E Abimelec disse ad Abrahamo: "Che voglion dire queste sette agnelle che tu hai messe da parte?" 30Abrahamo rispose: "Tu accetterai dalla mia mano queste sette agnelle, affinché questo mi serva di testimonianza che io ho scavato questo pozzo". 31Perciò egli chiamò quel luogo Beer-Sceba, perché ambedue vi avean fatto giuramento. 32Così fecero alleanza a Beer-Sceba. Poi Abimelec, con Picol, capo del suo esercito, si levò, e se ne tornarono nel paese dei Filistei. 33E Abrahamo piantò un tamarindo a Beer-Sceba, e invocò quivi il nome dell’Eterno, l’Iddio della eternità. 34E Abrahamo dimorò come forestiero molto tempo nel paese de’ Filistei.

1Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken. 2Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac. 4Abraham circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5Abraham was one hundred years old when his son, Isaac, was born to him. 6Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.” 7She said, “Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.” 8The child grew, and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. 9Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking. 10Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this handmaid and her son! For the son of this handmaid will not be heir with my son, Isaac.” 11The thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son. 12God said to Abraham, “Don’t let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your handmaid. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For from Isaac will your seed be called. 13I will also make a nation of the son of the handmaid, because he is your seed.” 14Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder; and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. 15The water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. 16She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of the child.” She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept. 17God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, “What ails you, Hagar? Don’t be afraid. For God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. 18Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation.” 19God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled the bottle with water, and gave the boy drink. 20God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer. 21He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt. 22At that time, Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do. 23Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner.” 24Abraham said, “I will swear.” 25Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away. 26Abimelech said, “I don’t know who has done this thing. You didn’t tell me, neither did I hear of it, until today.” 27Abraham took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant. 28Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. 29Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?” 30He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.” 31Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there. 32So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. 33Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God. 34Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines many days.

1En de HEERE bezocht Sara, gelijk als Hij gezegd had; en de HEERE deed aan Sara gelijk als Hij gesproken had. 2En Sara werd bevrucht, en baarde Abraham een zoon in zijn ouderdom, ter gezetter tijd, dien hem God gezegd had. 3En Abraham noemde den naam zijns zoons, dien hem geboren was, dien hem Sara gebaard had, Izak. 4En Abraham besneed zijn zoon Izak, zijnde acht dagen oud, gelijk als hem God geboden had. 5En Abraham was honderd jaren oud, als hem Izak zijn zoon geboren werd. 6En Sara zeide: God heeft mij een lachen gemaakt; al die het hoort, zal met mij lachen. 7Voorts zeide zij: Wie zou Abraham gezegd hebben: Sara heeft zonen gezoogd? want ik heb een zoon gebaard in zijn ouderdom. 8En het kind werd groot, en werd gespeend; toen maakte Abraham een groten maaltijd op den dag, als Izak gespeend werd. 9En Sara zag den zoon van Hagar, de Egyptische, dien zij Abraham gebaard had, spottende. 10En zij zeide tot Abraham: Drijf deze dienstmaagd en haar zoon uit; want de zoon dezer dienstmaagd zal met mijn zoon, met Izak, niet erven. 11En dit woord was zeer kwaad in Abrahams ogen, ter oorzake van zijn zoon. 12Maar God zeide tot Abraham: Laat het niet kwaad zijn in uw ogen, over den jongen, en over uw dienstmaagd; al wat Sara tot u zal zeggen, hoor naar haar stem; want in Izak zal uw zaad genoemd worden. 13Doch Ik zal ook den zoon dezer dienstmaagd tot een volk stellen, omdat hij uw zaad is. 14Toen stond Abraham des morgens vroeg op, en nam brood, en een fles water, en gaf ze aan Hagar, die leggende op haar schouder; ook gaf hij haar het kind, en zond haar weg. En zij ging voort, en dwaalde in de woestijn Ber-seba. 15Als nu het water van de fles uit was, zo wierp zij het kind onder een van de struiken. 16En zij ging en zette zich tegenover, afgaande zo verre, als die met de boog schieten; want zij zeide: Dat ik het kind niet zie sterven; en zij zat tegenover, en hief haar stem op, en weende. 17En God hoorde de stem van den jongen; en de Engel Gods riep Hagar toe uit den hemel, en zeide tot haar: Wat is u, Hagar? Vrees niet; want God heeft naar des jongens stem gehoord, ter plaatse, waar hij is. 18Sta op, hef den jongen op, en houd hem vast met uwe hand; want Ik zal hem tot een groot volk stellen. 19En God opende haar ogen, dat zij een waterput zag; en zij ging, en vulde de fles met water, en gaf den jongen te drinken. 20En God was met den jongen; en hij werd groot, en hij woonde in de woestijn, en werd een boogschutter. 21En hij woonde in de woestijn Paran; en zijn moeder nam hem een vrouw uit Egypteland. 22Voorts geschiedde het ter zelfder tijd, dat Abimelech, mitsgaders Pichol, zijn krijgsoverste, tot Abraham sprak, zeggende: God is met u in alles, wat gij doet. 23Zo zweer mij nu hier bij God: Zo gij mij, of mijn zoon, of mijn neef liegen zult! naar de weldadigheid, die ik bij u gedaan heb, zult gij doen bij mij, en bij het land, waarin gij als vreemdeling verkeert. 24En Abraham zeide: Ik zal zweren. 25En Abraham berispte Abimelech ter oorzake van een waterput, die Abimelechs knechten met geweld genomen hadden. 26Toen zeide Abimelech: Ik heb niet geweten, wie dit stuk gedaan heeft; en ook hebt gij het mij niet aangezegd, en ik heb er ook niet van gehoord, dan heden. 27En Abraham nam schapen en runderen, en gaf die aan Abimelech; en die beiden maakten een verbond. 28Doch Abraham stelde zeven ooilammeren der kudde bijzonder. 29Zo zeide Abimelech tot Abraham: Wat zullen hier deze zeven ooilammeren, die gij bijzonder gesteld hebt? 30En hij zeide: Dat gij de zeven ooilammeren van mijn hand nemen zult, opdat het mij tot een getuigenis zij, dat ik dezen put gegraven heb. 31Daarom noemde men die plaats Ber-seba, omdat die beiden daar gezworen hadden. 32Alzo maakten zij een verbond te Ber-seba. Daarna stond Abimelech op, en Pichol, zijn krijgsoverste, en zij keerden wederom naar het land der Filistijnen. 33En hij plantte een bos in Ber-seba, en riep aldaar den Naam des HEEREN, des eeuwigen Gods, aan. 34En Abraham woonde als vreemdeling vele dagen in het land der Filistijnen.