Genesis 21
1 Visitavit autem Dominus Saram, sicut promiserat: et implevit quæ locutus est.
And the Lord visited Sara, as he had promised: and fulfilled what he had spoken.
2 Concepitque et peperit filium in senectute sua, tempore quo prædixerat ei Deus.
And she conceived and bore a son in her old age, at the time that God had foretold her.
3 Vocavitque Abraham nomen filii sui, quem genuit ei Sara, Isaac:
And Abraham called the name of his son, whom Sara bore him, Isaac.
4 et circumcidit eum octavo die, sicut præceperat ei Deus,
And he circumcised him the eighth day, as God had commanded him,
5 cum centum esset annorum: hac quippe ætate patris, natus est Isaac.
When he was a hundred years old: for at this age of his father was Isaac born.
6 Dixitque Sara: Risum fecit mihi Deus: quicumque audierit, corridebit mihi.
And Sara said: God hath made a laughter for me: whosoever shall hear of it will laugh with me.
7 Rursumque ait: Quis auditurus crederet Abraham quod Sara lactaret filium, quem peperit et iam seni?
And again she said: Who would believe that Abraham should hear that Sara gave suck to a son, whom she bore to him in his old age.
8 Crevit igitur puer, et ablactatus est: fecitque Abraham grande convivium in die ablactationis eius.
And the child grew and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast on the day of his weaning.
9 Cumque vidisset Sara filium Agar Ægyptiæ ludentem cum Isaac filio suo, dixit ad Abraham:
And when Sara had seen the son of Agar the Egyptian playing with Isaac her son, she said to Abraham:
10 Eiice ancillam hanc, et filium eius: non enim erit heres filius ancillæ cum filio meo Isaac.
Cast out this bondwoman, and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.
11 Dure accepit hoc Abraham pro filio suo.
Abraham took this grievously for his son.
12 Cui dixit Deus: Non tibi videatur asperum super puero, et super ancilla tua: omnia quæ dixerit tibi Sara, audi vocem eius: quia in Isaac vocabitur tibi semen.
And God said to him: Let it not seem grievous to thee for the boy, and for thy bondwoman: in all that Sara hath said to thee, hearken to her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
13 Sed et filium ancillæ faciam in gentem magnam, quia semen tuum est.
But I will make the son also of the bondwoman a great nation, because he is thy seed.
14 Surrexit itaque Abraham mane, et tollens panem et utrem aquæ, imposuit scapulæ eius, tradiditque puerum, et dimisit eam. Quæ cum abiisset, errabat in solitudine Bersabee.
So Abraham rose up in the morning, and taking bread and a bottle of water, put it upon her shoulder, and delivered the boy, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Bersabee.
15 Cumque consumpta esset aqua in utre, abiecit puerum subter unam arborum, quæ ibi erant.
And when the water in the bottle was spent, she cast the boy under one of the trees that were there.
16 Et abiit, seditque e regione procul quantum potest arcus iacere. dixit enim: Non videbo morientem puerum: et sedens contra, levavit vocem suam et flevit.
And she went her way, and sat over against him a great way off as far as a bow can carry, for she said: I will not see the boy die: and sitting over against, she lifted up her voice and wept.
17 Exaudivit autem Deus vocem pueri: vocavitque Angelus Dei Agar de cælo, dicens: Quid agis Agar? noli timere: exaudivit enim Deus vocem pueri de loco in quo est.
And God heard the voice of the boy: and an angel of God called to Agar from heaven, saying: What art thou doing, Agar? fear not: for God hath heard the voice of the boy, from the place wherein he is.
18 Surge, tolle puerum, et tene manum illius: quia in gentem magnam faciam eum.
Arise, take up the boy, and hold him by the hand: for I will make him a great nation.
19 Aperuitque oculos eius Deus: quæ videns puteum aquæ, abiit, et implevit utrem, deditque puero bibere.
And God opened her eyes: and she saw a well of water, and went and filled the bottle, and gave the boy to drink.
20 Et fuit cum eo: qui crevit, et moratus est in solitudine, factusque est iuvenis sagittarius.
And God was with him: and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became a young man, an archer.
21 Habitavitque in deserto Pharan, et accepit illi mater sua uxorem de terra Ægypti.
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Pharan, and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
22 Eodem tempore dixit Abimelech, et Phicol princeps exercitus eius ad Abraham: Deus tecum est in universis quæ agis.
At the same time Abimelech, and Phicol the general of his army said to Abraham: God is with thee in all that thou dost.
23 Iura ergo per Deum, ne noceas mihi, et posteris meis, stirpique meæ: sed iuxta misericordiam, quam feci tibi, facies mihi, et terræ in qua versatus es advena.
Swear therefore by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my posterity, nor my stock: but according to the kindness that I have done to thee, thou shalt do to me, and to the land wherein thou hast lived a stranger.
24 Dixitque Abraham: Ego iurabo.
And Abraham said: I will swear.
25 Et increpavit Abimelech propter puteum aquæ quem vi abstulerunt servi eius.
And he reproved Abimelech for a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.
26 Responditque Abimelech: Nescivi quis fecerit hanc rem: sed et tu non indicasti mihi, et ego non audivi præter hodie.
And Abimelech answered: I knew not who did this thing: and thou didst not tell me, and I heard not of it till today.
27 Tulit itaque Abraham oves et boves, et dedit Abimelech: percusseruntque ambo fœdus.
And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech: and both of them made a league.
28 Et statuit Abraham septem agnas gregis seorsum.
And Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs of the flock.
29 Cui dixit Abimelech: Quid sibi volunt septem agnæ istæ, quas stare fecisti seorsum?
And Abimelech said to him: What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set apart?
30 At ille: Septem, inquit, agnas accipies de manu mea: ut sint mihi in testimonium, quoniam ego fodi puteum istum.
But he said: Thou shalt take seven ewe lambs at my hand: that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well.
31 Idcirco vocatus est locus ille Bersabee: quia ibi uterque iuravit.
Therefore that place was called Bersabee: because there both of them did swear.
32 Et inierunt fœdus pro puteo iuramenti.
And they made a league for the well of oath.
33 Surrexit autem Abimelech, et Phicol princeps exercitus eius, reversique sunt in terram Palæstinorum. Abraham vero plantavit nemus in Bersabee, et invocavit ibi nomen Domini Dei æterni.
And Abimelech, and Phicol the general of his army arose and returned to the land of the Palestines. But Abraham planted a grove in Bersabee, and there called upon the name of the Lord God eternal.
34 Et fuit colonus terræ Palæstinorum diebus multis.
And he was a sojourner in the land of the Palestines many days.
