创世记 16
1 亚伯兰的妻子撒莱不给他生儿女。撒莱有一个使女，名叫夏甲，是埃及人。
Now Sarai the wife of Abram, had brought forth no children; but having a handmaid, an Egyptian, named Agar,
2 撒莱对亚伯兰说：“耶和华使我不能生育。求你和我的使女同房，或者我可以因她得孩子。”亚伯兰听从了撒莱的话。
She said to her husband: Behold, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: go in unto my handmaid, it may be I may have children of her at least. And when he agreed to her request,
3 于是亚伯兰的妻子撒莱将使女埃及人夏甲给了丈夫为妾；那时亚伯兰在迦南已经住了十年。
She took Agar the Egyptian her handmaid, ten years after they first dwelt in the land of Chanaan, and gave her to her husband to wife.
4 亚伯兰与夏甲同房，夏甲就怀了孕；她见自己有孕，就小看她的主母。
And he went in to her. But she, perceiving that she was with child, despised her mistress.
5 撒莱对亚伯兰说：“我因你受屈。我将我的使女放在你怀中，她见自己有了孕，就小看我。愿耶和华在你我中间判断。”
And Sarai said to Abram: Thou dost unjustly with me: I gave my handmaid into thy bosom, and she perceiving herself to be with child, despiseth me. The Lord judge between me and thee.
6 亚伯兰对撒莱说：“使女在你手下，你可以随意待她。”撒莱苦待她，她就从撒莱面前逃走了。
And Abram made answer, and said to her: Behold thy handmaid is in thy own hand, use her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai afflicted her, she ran away.
7 耶和华的使者在旷野书珥路上的水泉旁遇见她，
And the angel of the Lord having found her, by a fountain of water in the wilderness, which is in the way to Sur in the desert,
8 对她说：“撒莱的使女夏甲，你从哪里来？要往哪里去？”夏甲说：“我从我的主母撒莱面前逃出来。”
He said to her: Agar, handmaid of Sarai, whence comest thou? and whither goest thou? And she answered: I flee from the face of Sarai, my mistress.
9 耶和华的使者对她说：“你回到你主母那里，服在她手下”；
And the angel of the Lord said to her: Return to thy mistress, and humble thyself under her hand.
10 又说：“我必使你的后裔极其繁多，甚至不可胜数”；
And again he said: I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.
11 并说：“你如今怀孕要生一个儿子，可以给他起名叫以实玛利，因为耶和华听见了你的苦情。
And again: Behold, said he, thou art with child, and thou shalt bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name Ismael, because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.
12 他为人必像野驴。他的手要攻打人，人的手也要攻打他；他必住在众弟兄的东边。”
He shall be a wild man: his hand will be against all men, and all men’s hands against him: and he shall pitch his tents over against all his brethren.
13 夏甲就称那对她说话的耶和华为“看顾人的 神”。因而说：“在这里我也看见那看顾我的吗？”
And she called the name of the Lord that spoke unto her: Thou the God who hast seen me. For she said: Verily here have I seen the hinder parts of him that seeth me.
14 所以这井名叫庇耳·拉海·莱。这井正在加低斯和巴列中间。
Therefore she called that well, The well of him that liveth and seeth me. The same is between Cades and Barad.
15 后来夏甲给亚伯兰生了一个儿子；亚伯兰给他起名叫以实玛利。
And Agar brought forth a son to Abram: who called his name Ismael.
16 夏甲给亚伯兰生以实玛利的时候，亚伯兰年八十六岁。
Abram was four score and six years old when Agar brought him forth Ismael.
