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Greek: Septuagint (LXX)
English: John Barach
Chapter 21
Birth of Isaac
1 καὶ κύριος ἐπεσκέψατο τὴν Σάρραν, καθὰ εἶπεν, καὶ ἐποίησεν κύριος τῇ Σάρρα, καθὰ ἐλάλησεν, 2 καὶ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτεκεν Σάρρα τῷ Ἁβραὰμ υἱὸν εἰς τὸ γῆρας εἰς τὸν καιρόν, καθὰ ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ κύριος. 3 καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Ἁβραὰμ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ τοῦ γενομένου αὐτῷ, ὃν ἔτεκεν αὐτῷ Σάρρα, Ἰσαάκ. 4 περιέτεμεν δὲ Ἁβραὰμ τὸν Ἰσαὰκ τῇ ὀγδόῃ ἡμέρᾳ, καθὰ ἐνετείλατο αὐτῷ ὁ θεός. 5 Ἁβραὰμ δὲ ἦν ἑκατὸν ἐτῶν, ἡνίκα ἐγένετο αὐτῷ Ἰσαὰκ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ. 6 εἶπεν δὲ Σάρρα, γέλωτά μοι ἐποίησεν κύριος· ὃς γὰρ ἄν ἀκούσῃ, συγχαρεῖταί μοι. 7 καὶ εἶπεν, τίς ἀναγγελεῖ τῷ Ἁβραὰμ ὅτι θηλάζει παιδίον Σάρρα; ὅτι ἔτεκον υἱὸν ἐν τῷ γήρει μου. 8 καὶ ηὐξήθη τὸ παιδίον καὶ ἀπεγαλακτίσθη, καὶ ἐποίησεν Ἁβραὰμ δοχὴν μεγάλην, ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἀπεγαλακτίσθη Ἰσαὰκ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ. ηὐξήθη 1 And the Lord visited Sarah as He said, and the Lord did for Sarah as He had spoken. 2 And having conceived, Sarah bore to Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time which the Lord had spoken to him. 3 And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac. 4 And Abraham circumcised Isaac on the eighth day, as God had commanded him. 5 And Abraham was a hundred years old when Isaac his son was born to him. 6 And Sarah said, "The Lord has made laughter for me; for whoever hears will rejoice with me." 7 And she said, "Who will announce to Abraham that Sarah suckles a child? For I have borne a son in my old age." 8 And the child grew and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast on the day Isaac his son was weaned.
Sarah and Hagar
9 ἰδοῦσα δὲ Σάρρα τὸν υἱὸν Ἄγαρ τῆς Αἰγυπτίας, ὃς ἐγένετο τῷ Ἁβραάμ, παίζοντα μετὰ Ἰσαὰκ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτῆς 10 καὶ εἶπεν τῷ Ἁβραάμ, ἔκβαλε τὴν παιδίσκην ταύτην καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς· οὐ γὰρ κληρονομήσει ὁ υἱὸς τῆς παιδίσκης ταύτης μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ μου Ἰσαάκ. 11σκληρὸν δὲ ἐφάνη τὸ ῥῆμα σφόδρα ἐναντίον Ἁβραὰμ περὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ. 12 εἶπεν δὲ ὁ θεὸς τῷ Ἁβραάμ, μὴ σκληρὸν ἔστω τὸ ῥῆμα ἐναντίον σου περὶ τοῦ παιδίου καὶ περὶ τῆς παιδίσκης· πάντα ὅσα ἐὰν εἴπῃ σοί Σάρρα, ἄκουε τῆς φωνῆς αὐτῆς, ὅτι ἐν Ἰσαὰκ κληθήσεταί σοί σπέρμα. 13 καὶ τὸν υἱὸν δὲ τῆς παιδίσκης ταύτης, εἰς ἔθνος μέγα ποιήσω αὐτόν, ὅτι σπέρμα σόν ἐστιν. 14 ἀνέστη δὲ Ἁβραὰμ τὸ πρωῒ καὶ ἔλαβεν ἄρτους καὶ ἀσκὸν ὕδατος καὶ ἔδωκεν Ἄγαρ καὶ ἐπέθηκεν ἐπὶ τὸν ὦμον καὶ τὸ παιδίον καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτήν. ἀπελθοῦσα δὲ ἐπλανᾶτο τὴν ἔρημον κατὰ τὸ φρέαρ τοῦ ὅρκου. 15 ἐξέλιπεν δὲ τὸ ὕδωρ ἐκ τοῦ ἀσκοῦ, καὶ ἔρριψεν τὸ παιδίον ὑποκάτω μιᾶς ἐλάτης. 16 ἀπελθοῦσα δὲ ἐκάθητο ἀπέναντι αὐτοῦ μακρόθεν ὡσεὶ τόξου βολήν·1 εἶπεν γάρ, οὐ μὴ ἴδω τὸν θάνατον τοῦ παιδίου μου. καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἀπέναντι αὐτοῦ, ἀναβοῆσαν δὲ τὸ παιδίον ἔκλαυσεν. 17 εἰσήκουσεν δὲ ὁ θεὸς τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ παιδίου ἐκ τοῦ τόπου, οὗ ἦν, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ἄγγελος τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν Ἄγαρ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ, τί ἐστιν, Ἄγαρ; μὴ φοβοῦ· ἐπακήκοεν γὰρ ὁ θεὸς τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ παιδίου σου ἐκ τοῦ τόπου, οὗ ἐστιν. 18 ἀνάστηθι, λαβὲ τὸ παιδίον καὶ κράτησον τῇ χειρί σου αὐτό· εἰς γὰρ ἔθνος μέγα ποιήσω αὐτόν. 19 καὶ ἀνέῳξεν ὁ θεὸς τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῆς, καὶ εἶδεν φρέαρ ὕδατος ζῶντος καὶ ἐπορεύθη καὶ ἔπλησεν τὸν ἀσκὸν ὕδατος καὶ ἐπότισεν τὸ παιδίον. 20 καὶ ἦν ὁ θεὸς μετὰ τοῦ παιδίου καὶ ηὐξήθη. καὶ κατῴκησεν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ἐγένετο δὲ τοξότης. 21 καὶ κατῴκησεν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τῇ Φαράν, καὶ ἔλαβεν αὐτῷ ἡ μήτηρ γυναῖκα ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου. 9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, who was born to Abraham, playing with Isaac her son. 10 And she said to Abraham, "Cast out this maidservant and her son; for the son of this maidservant shall not inherit with my son Isaac." 11 And the word appeared very harsh before Abraham concerning his son. 12 And God said to Abraham, "Let it not be harsh before you concerning the child and concerning the maidservant; in all things as Sarah may say to you, hear her voice, for in Isaac shall your seed be called. 13 And the son of this maidservant, I will also make him into a great nation, because he is your seed." 14 And Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar, and he placed them upon her shoulder along with the child and sent her away. And having departed, she wandered in the wilderness near the Well of the Oath (Beersheba). 15 And the water failed from the skin, and she cast the child under a fir tree. 16 And having gone away, she sat opposite him far off, about a bowshot away; for she said, "Let me not see the death of my child." And she sat opposite him, and the child, crying out, wept. 17 And God heard the voice of the child from the place where he was, and an angel of God called Hagar from heaven and said to her, "What is it, Hagar? Do not fear; for God has heard the voice of your child from the place where he is. 18 Arise, take the child and hold him by your hand; for I will make him into a great nation." 19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of living water; and she went and filled the skin with water and gave the child to drink. 20 And God was with the child, and he grew. And he dwelt in the wilderness and became an archer. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Pharan, and his mother took for him a wife from the land of Egypt.
Covenant with Abimelech
22 ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ καὶ εἶπεν Ἀβιμέλεχ καὶ Ὁχοζάθ2 ὁ νυμφαγωγὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ Φικόλ3 ὁ ἀρχιστράτηγος τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ πρὸς Ἁβραὰμ λέγων, ὁ θεὸς μετὰ σου ἐν πᾶσιν, οἷς ἐὰν ποιῇς· 23 νῦν οὖν ὄμοσόν μοι τὸν θεὸν μὴ ἀδικήσειν με μηδὲ τὸ σπέρμα μου μηδὲ τὸ ὄνομά μου, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὴν δικαιοσύνην, ἣν ἐποίησα μετὰ σου, ποιήσεις μετ' ἐμοῦ καὶ τῇ γῇ, ᾗ σὺ παρῴκησας ἐν αὐτῇ. 24 καὶ εἶπεν Ἁβραάμ, ἐγὼ ὀμοῦμαι. 25 καὶ ἤλεγξεν Ἁβραὰμ τὸν Ἀβιμέλεχ περὶ τῶν φρεάτων τοῦ ὕδατος, ὧν ἀφείλαντο οἱ παῖδες τοῦ Ἀβιμέλεχ. 26 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἀβιμέλεχ, οὐκ ἔγνων, τίς ἐποίησεν τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτο, οὐδὲ σύ μοι ἀπήγγειλας, οὐδὲ ἐγὼ ἤκουσα ἀλλ' ἢ σήμερον. 27 καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἁβραὰμ πρόβατα καὶ μόσχους καὶ ἔδωκεν τῷ Ἀβιμέλεχ, καὶ διέθεντο ἀμφότεροι διαθήκην. 28 καὶ ἔστησεν Ἁβραὰμ ἑπτὰ ἀμνάδας προβάτων μόνας. 29 καὶ εἶπεν Ἀβιμέλεχ τῷ Ἁβραάμ, τί εἰσιν αἱ ἑπτὰ ἀμνάδες τῶν προβάτων τούτων, ἃς ἔστησας μόνας; 30 καὶ εἶπεν Ἁβραὰμ ὅτι, τὰς ἑπτὰ ἀμνάδας ταύτας λήμψῃ παρ' ἐμοῦ, ἵνα ὦσίν μοι εἰς μαρτύριον ὅτι ἐγὼ ὤρυξα τὸ φρέαρ τοῦτο. 31 διὰ τοῦτο ἐπωνόμασεν τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου φρέαρ ὁρκισμοῦ, ὅτι ἐκεῖ ὤμοσαν ἀμφότεροι. 32 καὶ διέθεντο διαθήκην ἐν τῷ φρέατι τοῦ ὅρκου. ἀνέστη δὲ Ἀβιμέλεχ καὶ Ὁχοζὰθ ὁ νυμφαγωγὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ Φικὸλ ὁ ἀρχιστράτηγος τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν εἰς τὴν γῆν τῶν Φυλιστιίμ. 33 καὶ ἐφύτευσεν Ἁβραὰμ ἄρουραν ἐπὶ τῷ φρέατι τοῦ ὅρκου καὶ ἐπεκαλέσατο ἐκεῖ τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου θεὸς αἰώνιος. 34 παρῴκησεν δὲ Ἁβραὰμ ἐν τῇ γῇ τῶν Φυλιστιὶμ ἡμέρας πολλάς. 22 And it happened at that time that Abimelech, and Ochozath his friend (best man), and Phicol the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you may do. 23 Now therefore, swear to me by God not to wrong me, nor my seed, nor my name, but according to the righteousness which I have done with you, you shall do with me and with the land in which you have sojourned." 24 And Abraham said, "I will swear." 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech concerning the wells of water which the servants of Abimelech had taken away. 26 And Abimelech said to him, "I did not know who did this thing, nor did you report it to me, nor did I hear of it except today." 27 And Abraham took sheep and calves and gave them to Abimelech, and both made a covenant. 28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the sheep by themselves. 29 And Abimelech said to Abraham, "What are these seven ewe lambs of the sheep which you have set by themselves?" 30 And Abraham said, "These seven ewe lambs you shall take from me, so that they may be a witness to me that I dug this well." 31 For this reason he named the name of that place, "The Well of the Oath" (Beersheba), because there they both swore. 32 And they made a covenant at the Well of the Oath. And Abimelech rose, and Ochozath his friend, and Phicol the commander of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines. 33 And Abraham planted a field (or tamarisk) at the Well of the Oath and called there upon the name of the Lord, Eternal God. 34 And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines for many days.