Sarah Has a Son
1 The Lord was good to Sarah and kept his promise. 2 Although Abraham was very old, Sarah had a son exactly at the time God had said. 3 Abraham named his son Isaac, 4 and when the boy was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, just as God had commanded.
5 Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born, 6 and Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. And now everyone will laugh with me. 7 Who would have dared to tell Abraham that someday I would have a child? But in his old age, I have given him a son.”
8 The time came when Sarah no longer had to nurse Isaac, and on that day Abraham gave a big feast.
Hagar and Ishmael Are Sent Away
9-10 One day, Sarah noticed Hagar's son Ishmael playing, and she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that Egyptian slave woman and her son! I don't want him to inherit anything. It should all go to my son.”
11 Abraham was worried about Ishmael. 12 But God said, “Abraham, don't worry about your slave woman and the boy. Just do what Sarah tells you. Isaac will inherit your family name, 13 but the son of the slave woman is also your son, and I will make his descendants into a great nation.”
14 Early the next morning Abraham gave Hagar an animal skin full of water and some bread. Then he put the boy on her shoulder and sent them away.
They wandered around in the desert near Beersheba, 15 and after they had run out of water, Hagar put her son under a bush. 16 Then she sat down a long way off, because she could not bear to watch him die. And she cried bitterly.
17 When God heard the boy crying, the angel of God called out to Hagar from heaven and said, “Hagar, why are you worried? Don't be afraid. I have heard your son crying. 18 Help him up and hold his hand, because I will make him the father of a great nation.” 19 Then God let her see a well. So she went to the well and filled the skin with water, then gave some to her son.
20-21 God blessed Ishmael, and as the boy grew older, he became an expert at hunting with his bow and arrows. He lived in the Paran Desert, and his mother chose an Egyptian woman for him to marry.
A Peace Treaty
22 About this time Abimelech and his army commander Phicol said to Abraham, “God blesses everything you do! 23 Now I want you to promise in the name of God that you will always be loyal to me and my descendants, just as I have always been loyal to you in this land where you have lived as a foreigner.” 24 And so, Abraham promised he would.
25 One day, Abraham told Abimelech, “Some of your servants have taken over one of my wells.”
26 “This is the first I've heard about it,” Abimelech replied. “Why haven't you said something before? I don't have any idea who did it.” 27 Abraham gave Abimelech some sheep and cattle, then the two men made a peace treaty.
28 Abraham separated seven female lambs from his flock of sheep, 29 and Abimelech asked, “Why have you done this?”
30 Abraham replied, “I want you to accept these seven lambs as proof that I dug this well.” 31 So they called the place Beersheba, because they made a treaty there.
32 When the treaty was completed, Abimelech and his army commander Phicol went back to the land of the Philistines. 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and worshiped the eternal Lord God. 34 Then Abraham lived a long time as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines.
Isaki di ǃnaes
1 ǃKhūb ge mîmâib ge hâ i khami Sarasa ge ǀkhae 2 tsîs ge ǁîsa ǀgamǀkhā tsî Abrahamma aoreǀgôaroba kairasib âb ǃnâ ge ǁoraba. Nē ǀgôab ge Elob ge mî hâ i ǁaeb ai ge ǃnae. 3 Ob ge Abrahamma ǁîba Isak ti ǀonǂgai, 4 tsî ǁkhaisa tsēxab geo, Elob ge mîmā hâ i khami ge ǃgao. 5 Isaki ge ǃnae ǁaeb aib ge Abrahamma ge ǀguikaidisi kurixa i. 6 Os ge Sarasa “Elob ge tita go âi kai tsî-i ge mâ khoe-i hîa ga ǁnâu-i hoa-e tita ǀkha nî âi. 7 Tari-e Abrahamma Saras nî ǀgôa-e daisi ǃkhaisa ga mîba hâ? Xawe ta ge tita kairasib âb ǃnâ ǀgôaba go ǁoraba bi” ti ge mî.
8 Nē ǀgôab ge ge kai, tsî ǀōǀōheb nî tsēs ge hā, ob ge Abrahamma kai ǂûǁaesa ge mā.
Abrahammi ge Hagars tsî Ismaeli tsîra ra sîbē
9 ǀGuitsēb ge Ismaeli, Hagars, Egipteǁî ǃgās ge Abrahamma ǁorababa Isaki, Saras ôab ǀkha gere ǀhuru. 10 Os ge Sarasa mûs geo Abrahamma ge mîba: “Nē ǃgās tsî ǁîs di ôab hâra sîbē. Nē khoes di ôab ge ti ôab Isaki ǀkha sa ǃkhūsib di ǀumi-ao tide.” 11 Nē mîdi ge kaise Abrahamma ge tsâǀkhā, Ismaeli tsîn a ǁîb di ôa xui-ao. 12 Xaweb ge Eloba Abrahamma ge mîba: “Tā ǁnātikōse ǀgôab tsî sa ǃgās Hagars hâra ǂama ǂâiǂhansen re. Saras ra mî khami dī re, Isaki ǃnâ-uts nî ǁnā surib hîa ta ge mîmâiba tsiba hō xuige. 13 Tita ge ǁkhāti Ismaeli tsîna ǂgui ǀgôana nî mā, ǁîn tsîn nî ǁae kaise, ǁîb tsîn a sa ôa amaga.”
14 Ob ge Abrahamma ǃnauǁgoaga Hagarsa ǂû-i tsî ǃgapas di ǁgam-i tsîna ǃhōb âs ai ǃnaoba tsî ǀgôab ǀkha ge sîbē. ǁÎs ge ǃgû tsî ǃgaroǃhūb Bersebas dib ǃnâ gere ǀnarema. 15 Tsîs ge ǁgam-i ge toa, o ǀgôaba hai-i ǃnaka aoǁgui 16 tsî ǁaubexa ǀguikaidisi meterga ǁnāpa xu sī ge ǂnû. ǁÎs ge ǁîs ǃnâ “Tā ta ti ôab ra ǁō ǀgausa mû” ti mî tsî ge ātsoatsoa.
17 Ob ge Eloba ǀgôab di āba ge ǁnâu, tsîb ge Elob di ǀhomǃgāba ǀhomma xu Hagarsa ge mîba: “Tare-i xas ra ǁnorahe, Hagarse? Tā ǃao re, Elob go ǀgôab di āba ǁnâu xuige. 18 Khâi, îs ǃgû tsî ǁîba sī ūkhâi tsî ǁkhaeǂgao re. Tita ge ǁîb di suriba xu kai ǁaesa nî dī.” 19 Tsîb ge Eloba mûra âsa ge ǁkhowa-am tsîs ge tsau-e ge mû. ǁÎs ge ǃgû tsî ǃgapasa ǁgam-i ǀkha ǀoaǀoa tsî axaba ge āsi. 20 Elob ge nē ǀgôab ǀkha ge hâ i tsîb ge ǁîba ge kai; ǁîb ge ǃgaroǃhūb ǃnâ ǁan tsî ge khāǁkhâu-ao kai. 21 Parans di ǃgaroǃhūb ǃnâb ǁan hâ hîab ge ǁîba ǁgûs xa Egipteǁî tarasa ge hōbahe.
Abrahammi tsî Abimelex hâkha di ǃgaeǀhaos
22 ǁNā ǁaeb aib ge Abimelexa Pikoli, ǁîb toroǃkhamaogu di ǃkhōdana-aob ǀkha ǃgû tsî Abrahamma sī ge mîba: “Elob ge mâ xū-i hîats ra dī-i hoa-i ǃnâ sats ǀkha hâ. 23 Xuige nēsi Elob aiǃâ tita, ti ôan tamas ka io ti suribats gāxaǃnâ tide ǃkhaisa nū. Sa ǃoagu ta ge îǂhôa i xuige sats tsîn nî tita tsî nē ǃhūb, ǁîb ǃnâts ǁan hâb ǃoagu îǂhôa ǃkhaisa mîmâi re.”
24 Ob ge Abrahamma “Mîmâi ta ge ra” ti ge ǃeream.
25 Abrahammi ge tsau-i Abimelexi di ǃgāgu ge ūǀhana bi-i ǃaroma Abimelexa ge ǀau. 26 Ob ge Abimelexa “Tita ge tari-i ge ǁnāsa dī ǃkhaisa a ǀū. Sats ge tita mîba tama hâ tsî ta ge ǁkhāti nēsi ǀgui ǁnāsa go ǁnâu” ti ge ǃeream. 27 Ob ge Abrahamma Abimelexa gūn tsî goman tsîna ge mā, tsî kha ge ǁîkha ǃgaeǀhaosa ge dī. 28 ǁÎb di ǀgoana xub ge Abrahamma hû ǁkhaode ǀgui ǀkhāb ai khaiǂui 29 ob ge Abimelexa “Tare-i ǃaromats nē hû ǁkhaode go khaiǂui?” ti ge dî bi.
30 Ob ge Abrahamma “Tita ge nē tsausa khao ǃkhais di ǃkhō-ams ase nē hû ǁkhaode ūǃoa re” ti ge mî. 31 Tsîs ge ǁnā ǃkhaisa Berseba ti ge ǀonǂgai, ǁnāpa kha ge ǁîkha nūsa dī xui-ao.
32 Nē ǃgaeǀhaosa kha ge Abimelexi tsî Abraham hâkha Bersebas ai dītoas khaoǃgâ kha ge Abimelexi tsî Pikol hâkha Filistias ǁga ge oa. 33 Ob ge Abrahamma dabehaisa Bersebas ǃnâ ǃhana tsî ǁnāpa ǃKhūb, ǀAmo Eloba gere ǀgoreǀî. 34 Tsîb ge ǁîba Filistias ǃnâ gaxuse ge ǁan.
