1 Nå hadde Sarai, Abrams kone, ikke gitt ham barn; men hun hadde en tjenestekvinne fra Egypt som het Hagar.

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar.

2 Og Sarai sa til Abram: Se, Herren har ikke gitt meg barn; gå inn til min tjenestekvinne, kanskje kan jeg få en familie gjennom henne. Og Abram gjorde som Sarai sa.

And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.

3 Så etter at Abram hadde bodd ti år i Kanaans land, tok Sarai Hagar, sin egyptiske tjenestekvinne, og ga henne til Abram som hans kone.

So after Abram had been living for ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian servant, and gave her to Abram for his wife.

4 Han gikk inn til Hagar, og hun ble med barn. Da hun så at hun var blitt med barn, mistet hun respekten for sin herres kone.

And he went in to Hagar and she became with child, and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for her master's wife.

5 Og Sarai sa til Abram: Må min urett komme over deg. Jeg ga deg min tjenestekvinne som kone, og da hun så at hun var blitt med barn, hadde hun ingen respekt for meg. Måtte Herren dømme mellom deg og meg.

And Sarai said to Abram, May my wrong be on you: I gave you my servant for your wife and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for me: may the Lord be judge between you and me.

6 Og Abram sa: Tjenestekvinnen er i din makt; gjør med henne som du synes er best. Og Sarai var hard mot henne, så hun flyktet fra henne.

And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.

7 Og en Herrens engel fant henne ved en vannkilde i ødemarken, ved kilden på veien til Shur.

And an angel of the Lord came to her by a fountain of water in the waste land, by the fountain on the way to Shur.

8 Og han sa: Hagar, Sarais tjenestekvinne, hvor kommer du fra, og hvor skal du? Og hun sa: Jeg flykter fra Sarai, min herres kone.

And he said, Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am running away from Sarai, my master's wife.

9 Og engelen sa til henne: Gå tilbake, og underkast deg hennes myndighet.

And the angel said to her, Go back, and put yourself under her authority.

10 Og Herrens engel sa: Din ætt vil jeg gjøre så stor at den ikke kan telles.

And the angel of the Lord said, Your seed will be greatly increased so that it may not be numbered.

11 Og Herrens engel sa: Se, du er med barn og skal føde en sønn, som du skal gi navnet Ismael, for Herren har hørt din nød.

And the angel of the Lord said, See, you are with child and will give birth to a son, to whom you will give the name Ishmael, because the ears of the Lord were open to your sorrow.

12 Han skal være som et villesee under menneskene; hans hånd mot alle, og alles hånd mot ham, og han skal holde til mot alle sine brødre.

And he will be like a mountain ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will keep his place against all his brothers.

13 Og til Herren som talte med henne, ga hun dette navnet: Du er en Gud som ser; for hun sa: Har jeg ikke her sett Gud og likevel blitt i live?

And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God who is seen; for she said, Have I not even here in the waste land had a vision of God and am still living?

14 Derfor ble denne kilden kalt Livets og Synets Kildevann; den er mellom Kadesj og Bered.

So that fountain was named, Fountain of Life and Vision: it is between Kadesh and Bered.

15 Og Hagar fødte Abram en sønn, og Abram ga sønnen navnet Ismael.

And Hagar gave birth to a child, the son of Abram, to whom Abram gave the name of Ishmael.

16 Abram var åtti-seks år gammel da Hagar fødte Ismael.

Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.