¹ Но Сара, жена Аврамова, не раждала ему. И какъ у ней была служанка Египтянка, именемъ Агарь;

² то Сара сказала Авраму: вотъ Іегова заключилъ чрево мое, чтобы мнј нс раждать; итакъ войди къ служанкј моей; можетъ быть, я буду имјть дјтей отъ нея. Аврамъ послушался словъ Сары.

³ Такимъ образомъ, по исполненіи десяти лјтъ пребыванія Аврамова въ землј Ханаанской, взяла Сара, жена Аврамова, служанку свою Египтянку Агарь, и дала ее Авраму, мужу своему, въ жену.

⁴ Онъ вошелъ къ Агари, и она зачала. Когда же она увидјла, что зачала: то стала презирать госпожу свою.

⁵ Тогда Сара сказала Авраму: въ обидј моей ты виновенъ; я отдала служанку мою въ нјдро твое; а она, увидя, что зачала, смотритъ на меня съ презрјніемъ; Іегова будетъ судить меня съ тобою.

⁶ Аврамъ сказалъ Сарј: вотъ, служанка твоя въ твоихъ рукахъ, дјлай съ нею, что тебј заблагоразсудится. Итакъ Сара стала смирять ее; а та убјжала отъ нея.

⁷ И нашелъ ее Ангелъ Іеговы у источника водъ въ пустынј, у источника на дорогј къ Суру,

⁸ и сказалъ: Агарь, раба Сарина! откуда ты пришла, и куда идешь? Она отвјчала: я бјгу отъ лица Сары, госпожи моей.

⁹ Но Ангелъ Іеговы сказалъ ей: возвратись къ госпожј своей, и покорись ей.

¹⁰ Потомъ сказалъ ей Ангелъ Іеговы: умножая умножу потомство твое, такъ что нельзя и счесть отъ множества.

¹¹ Наконецъ Ангелъ Іеговы сказалъ ей: вотъ ты беременна, и родишь сына и наречешь ему имя Измаилъ; ибо услышалъ Іегова страданіе твое.

¹² Онъ будетъ онагръ-человјкъ; руки его на всјхъ, и руки всјхъ на него; жить будетъ онъ предъ лицемъ всјхъ братьевъ своихъ.

¹³ Тогда она нарекла Іегову, Который говорилъ къ ней, симъ именемъ: Ты Богъ видјнія! Ибо сказала она: даже и здјсъ я видјла въ слјдъ Видящаго меня!

¹⁴ Посему источникъ тотъ называется: Беэр-лахай-рои (источникъ Живаго, Видящаго). Онъ находится между Кадесомъ и между Баредомъ.

¹⁵ Агарь родила Авраму сына; и нарекъ Аврамъ имя сыну своему, рожденному отъ Агари, Измаилъ.

¹⁶ Авраму было восемьдесятъ шесть лјтъ оть рожденія, когда Агарь родила Авраму Измаила.

¹ Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

² And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

³ And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram 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 have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.

⁶ But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

⁷ And the angel of the LORD 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 maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

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

¹⁰ And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

¹¹ And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.

¹² And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

¹³ And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also 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 his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

¹⁶ And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.