Liber Genesis, 16
1. Sarai autem uxor Abram non genuerat ei liberos; sed habens ancillam Aegyptiam nomine Agar,
1. Now Sar'ai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar;
2. dixit marito suo: “Ecce conclusit me Dominus, ne parerem; ingredere ad ancillam meam, si forte saltem ex illa suscipiam filios”. Cumque ille acquiesceret deprecanti,
2. and Sar'ai said to Abram, "Behold now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children; go in to my maid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her." And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sar'ai.
3. tulit Agar Aegyptiam ancillam suam post annos decem quam habitare coeperant in terra Chanaan, et dedit eam viro suo uxorem.
3. So, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, Sar'ai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife.
4. Qui ingressus est ad eam. At illa concepisse se videns despexit dominam suam.
4. And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress.
5. Dixitque Sarai ad Abram: “Inique agis contra me; ego dedi ancillam meam in sinum tuum, quae videns quod conceperit, despectui me habet. Iudicet Dominus inter me et te”.
5. And Sar'ai said to Abram, "May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my maid to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me!"
6. Cui respondens Abram: “Ecce, ait, ancilla tua in manu tua est; utere ea, ut libet”. Affligente igitur eam Sarai, aufugit ab ea.
6. But Abram said to Sar'ai, "Behold, your maid is in your power; do to her as you please." Then Sar'ai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her.
7. Cumque invenisset illam angelus Domini iuxta fontem aquae in deserto, ad fontem in via Sur,
7. The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.
8. dixit: “Agar, ancilla Sarai, unde venis et quo vadis?”. Quae respondit: “A facie Sarai dominae meae ego fugio”.
8. And he said, "Hagar, maid of Sar'ai, where have you come from and where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from my mistress Sar'ai."
9. Dixitque ei angelus Domini: “Revertere ad dominam tuam et humiliare sub manibus ipsius”.
9. The angel of the LORD said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit to her."
10. Et dixit ei angelus Domini: “Multiplicans multiplicabo semen tuum, et non numerabitur prae multitudine”.
10. The angel of the LORD also said to her, "I will so greatly multiply your descendants that they cannot be numbered for multitude."
11. Et dixit ei angelus Domini: “Ecce, concepisti et paries filium vocabisque nomen eius Ismael, eo quod audierit Dominus afflictionem tuam.
11. And the angel of the LORD said to her, "Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son; you shall call his name Ish'mael; because the LORD has given heed to your affliction.
12. Hic erit homo onagro similis; manus eius contra omnes, et manus omnium contra eum; et e regione universorum fratrum suorum figet tabernacula”.
12. He shall be a wild ass of a man, his hand against every man and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen."
13. Vocavit autem nomen Domini, qui loquebatur ad eam: “Tu Deus, qui vidisti me”. Dixit enim: “Profecto hic vidi posteriora videntis me”.
13. So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "Thou art a God of seeing"; for she said, "Have I really seen God and remained alive after seeing him?"
14. Propterea appellatur puteus ille Lahairoi (id est Viventis et Videntis me); ipse est inter Cades et Barad.
14. Therefore the well was called Beer-la'hai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.
15. Peperitque Agar Abrae filium; qui vocavit nomen filii sui, quem pepererat Agar, Ismael.
15. And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ish'mael.
16. Octoginta et sex annorum erat Abram, quando peperit ei Agar Ismaelem.
16. Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ish'mael to Abram.
