Genesis 16

Sarai gives her Egyptian maid Hagar to Avram as a wife to bear a child; Hagar conceives and despises Sarai, who mistreats her, causing Hagar to flee, but a messenger of YHWH instructs her to return and names her son Yishma'el.[1]

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Verse 2
and said and she said and she said Sarai Sarai Saray to toward to Abram Exalted Father Averam behold/see Look! look now/please please please has prevented/restrained me he restrained me he has restrained me the LORD Yahweh Yahweh from bearing to bear offspring from bearing offspring go in him go in please/now please please to toward to my maid/servant my bondwoman my bondwoman perhaps/it may be perhaps perhaps I will be built/obtain children I will be built up I will be built up from her from her from her and listened and he heard and he heard Abram Exalted Father Averam to the voice to the sound of to the voice of of Sarai Sarai Saray
וַ/תֹּ֨אמֶר 𐤅/𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 vatomer and said and she said and she said HC/Vqw3fs שָׂרַ֜י 𐤔𐤓𐤉 saray Sarai Sarai Saray HNp אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to toward to HR אַבְרָ֗ם 𐤀𐤁𐤓𐤌 averam Abram Exalted Father Averam HNp הִנֵּה 𐤄𐤍𐤄 hineh mona (Bemba) behold/see Look! look HTm נָ֞א 𐤍𐤀 na now/please please please HTe עֲצָרַ֤/נִי 𐤏𐤑𐤓/𐤍𐤉 atsarani has prevented/restrained me he restrained me he has restrained me HVqp3ms/Sp1cs יְהוָה֙ 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp מִ/לֶּ֔דֶת 𐤌/𐤋𐤃𐤕 miledet fyala (Bemba) from bearing to bear offspring from bearing offspring HR/Vqc בֹּא 𐤁𐤀 bo go in him go in HVqv2ms נָא֙ 𐤍𐤀 na-2 please/now please please HTe אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el-2 to toward to HR שִׁפְחָתִ֔/י 𐤔𐤐𐤇𐤕/𐤉 shifechati my maid/servant my bondwoman my bondwoman HNcfsc/Sp1cs אוּלַ֥י 𐤀𐤅𐤋𐤉 ulay perhaps/it may be perhaps perhaps HD אִבָּנֶ֖ה 𐤀𐤁𐤍𐤄 ibaneh akha (Zulu) I will be built/obtain children I will be built up I will be built up HVNi1cs מִמֶּ֑/נָּה 𐤌𐤌/𐤍𐤄 mimenah from her from her from her HR/Sp3fs וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֥ע 𐤅/𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏 vayishema and listened and he heard and he heard HC/Vqw3ms אַבְרָ֖ם 𐤀𐤁𐤓𐤌 averam-2 Abram Exalted Father Averam HNp לְ/ק֥וֹל 𐤋/𐤒𐤅𐤋 leqol to the voice to the sound of to the voice of HR/Ncmsc שָׂרָֽי 𐤔𐤓𐤉 saray-2 of Sarai Sarai Saray HNp
Verse 3
took and she took and she took Sarai Sarai Saray wife woman of woman of Abram Exalted Father Averam — object-marker [·] Hagar Hagar Hagar the Egyptian the Mitsrayite woman the Mitseri her maidservant her slave-girl her maidservant after from end-of from end-of ten ten ten years cycles of years years had lived to dwell to dwell Abram Exalted Father Averam in the land in land in land of Canaan Kena'an Kenaan gave and she gave and she gave her her [·] to Abram to Exalted Father to Averam her husband woman her husband to him — to him as a wife to a woman to a wife
וַ/תִּקַּ֞ח 𐤅/𐤕𐤒𐤇 vatiqach took and she took and she took HC/Vqw3fs שָׂרַ֣י 𐤔𐤓𐤉 saray Sarai Sarai Saray HNp אֵֽשֶׁת 𐤀𐤔𐤕 eshet wife woman of woman of HNcfsc אַבְרָ֗ם 𐤀𐤁𐤓𐤌 averam Abram Exalted Father Averam HNp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et object-marker [·] HTo הָגָ֤ר 𐤄𐤂𐤓 hagar Hagar Hagar Hagar HNp הַ/מִּצְרִית֙ 𐤄/𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤕 hamitserit the Egyptian the Mitsrayite woman the Mitseri HTd/Ngfsa שִׁפְחָתָ֔/הּ 𐤔𐤐𐤇𐤕/𐤄 shifechatah her maidservant her slave-girl her maidservant HNcfsc/Sp3fs מִ/קֵּץ֙ 𐤌/𐤒𐤑 miqets after from end-of from end-of HR/Ncmsc עֶ֣שֶׂר 𐤏𐤔𐤓 eser ten ten ten HAcfsa שָׁנִ֔ים 𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤌 shanim years cycles of years years HNcfpa לְ/שֶׁ֥בֶת 𐤋/𐤔𐤁𐤕 leshevet had lived to dwell to dwell HR/Vqc אַבְרָ֖ם 𐤀𐤁𐤓𐤌 averam-2 Abram Exalted Father Averam HNp בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ 𐤁/𐤀𐤓𐤑 beerets Ayé (Yoruba) in the land in land in land HR/Ncbsc כְּנָ֑עַן 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 kenaan of Canaan Kena'an Kenaan HNp וַ/תִּתֵּ֥ן 𐤅/𐤕𐤕𐤍 vatiten gave and she gave and she gave HC/Vqw3fs אֹתָ֛/הּ 𐤀𐤕/𐤄 otah her her [·] HTo/Sp3fs לְ/אַבְרָ֥ם 𐤋/𐤀𐤁𐤓𐤌 leaveram to Abram to Exalted Father to Averam HR/Np אִישָׁ֖/הּ 𐤀𐤉𐤔/𐤄 ishah her husband woman her husband HNcmsc/Sp3fs ל֥/וֹ 𐤋/𐤅 lo to him to him HR/Sp3ms לְ/אִשָּֽׁה 𐤋/𐤀𐤔𐤄 leishah as a wife to a woman to a wife HR/Ncfsa
Verse 5
said and she said and she said Sarai Sarai Saray to toward to Abram Exalted Father Averam wrong of mine my violence my wrong be on you upon you upon you I I myself I myself gave I gave I gave my servant my bondwoman my bondwoman into your embrace in your bosom in your bosom saw and she saw and she saw that for/because that she had conceived she conceived she had conceived I was despised and I became light and I was despised in her eyes in her eyes in her eyes judge may he judge may he judge the LORD Yahweh Yahweh between me between me between me and you and between you and between you
וַ/תֹּ֨אמֶר 𐤅/𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 vatomer said and she said and she said HC/Vqw3fs שָׂרַ֣י 𐤔𐤓𐤉 saray Sarai Sarai Saray HNp אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to toward to HR אַבְרָם֮ 𐤀𐤁𐤓𐤌 averam Abram Exalted Father Averam HNp חֲמָסִ֣/י 𐤇𐤌𐤎/𐤉 chamasi wrong of mine my violence my wrong HNcmsc/Sp1cs עָלֶי/ךָ֒ 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤊 aleykha be on you upon you upon you HR/Sp2ms אָנֹכִ֗י 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 anokhi ine-neka (Bemba) I I myself I myself HPp1cs נָתַ֤תִּי 𐤍𐤕𐤕𐤉 natati gave I gave I gave HVqp1cs שִׁפְחָתִ/י֙ 𐤔𐤐𐤇𐤕/𐤉 shifechati my servant my bondwoman my bondwoman HNcfsc/Sp1cs בְּ/חֵיקֶ֔/ךָ 𐤁/𐤇𐤉𐤒/𐤊 becheyqekha kiko (Swahili) into your embrace in your bosom in your bosom HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms וַ/תֵּ֨רֶא֙ 𐤅/𐤕𐤓𐤀 vatere saw and she saw and she saw HC/Vqw3fs כִּ֣י 𐤊𐤉 ki that for/because that HC הָרָ֔תָה 𐤄𐤓𐤕𐤄 haratah she had conceived she conceived she had conceived HVqp3fs וָ/אֵקַ֖ל 𐤅/𐤀𐤒𐤋 vaeqal I was despised and I became light and I was despised HC/Vqw1cs בְּ/עֵינֶ֑י/הָ 𐤁/𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉/𐤄 beeyneyha Enyi (Fante) in her eyes in her eyes in her eyes HR/Ncbdc/Sp3fs יִשְׁפֹּ֥ט 𐤉𐤔𐤐𐤈 yishepot judge may he judge may he judge HVqj3ms יְהוָ֖ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp בֵּינִ֥/י 𐤁𐤉𐤍/𐤉 beyni between me between me between me HR/Sp1cs וּ/בֵינֶֽיׄ/ךָ 𐤅/𐤁𐤉𐤍𐤉/𐤊 uveyneykha and you and between you and between you HC/R/Sp2ms
Verse 6
said and he said and he said Abram Exalted Father Averam to toward to Sarai Sarai Saray Behold Look! look your maidservant your female slave your female slave in your hand in your hand in your hand do Do! Do! to her — to her what is good the good the good in your eyes in your eyes in your eyes dealt harshly with her she afflicted her she afflicted her Sarai Sarai Saray fled and she fled and she fled from her presence from her presence from her presence
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 vayomer said and he said and he said HC/Vqw3ms אַבְרָ֜ם 𐤀𐤁𐤓𐤌 averam Abram Exalted Father Averam HNp אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to toward to HR שָׂרַ֗י 𐤔𐤓𐤉 saray Sarai Sarai Saray HNp הִנֵּ֤ה 𐤄𐤍𐤄 hineh mona (Bemba) Behold Look! look HTm שִׁפְחָתֵ/ךְ֙ 𐤔𐤐𐤇𐤕/𐤊 shifechatekhe your maidservant your female slave your female slave HNcfsc/Sp2fs בְּ/יָדֵ֔/ךְ 𐤁/𐤉𐤃/𐤊 beyadekhe in your hand in your hand in your hand HR/Ncbsc/Sp2fs עֲשִׂי 𐤏𐤔𐤉 asi do Do! Do! HVqv2fs לָ֖/הּ 𐤋/𐤄 lah to her to her HR/Sp3fs הַ/טּ֣וֹב 𐤄/𐤈𐤅𐤁 hatov what is good the good the good HTd/Aamsa בְּ/עֵינָ֑יִ/ךְ 𐤁/𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉/𐤊 beeynayikhe Enyi (Fante) in your eyes in your eyes in your eyes HR/Ncbdc/Sp2fs וַ/תְּעַנֶּ֣/הָ 𐤅/𐤕𐤏𐤍/𐤄 vateaneha dealt harshly with her she afflicted her she afflicted her HC/Vpw3fs/Sp3fs שָׂרַ֔י 𐤔𐤓𐤉 saray-2 Sarai Sarai Saray HNp וַ/תִּבְרַ֖ח 𐤅/𐤕𐤁𐤓𐤇 vativerach baleka (Zulu) fled and she fled and she fled HC/Vqw3fs מִ/פָּנֶֽי/הָ 𐤌/𐤐𐤍𐤉/𐤄 mipaneyha from her presence from her presence from her presence HR/Ncbpc/Sp3fs
Verse 8
And he said and he said and he said Hagar Hagar Hagar servant female slave of female slave of of Sarai Sarai Saray where where is? where from from this from this have you come you came you came and where and where? and where? are you going you will go you will go And she said and she said and she said from the presence of from the presence of from before the presence of Sarai Sarai Saray my mistress my lady my lady I I myself I myself am fleeing she who flees she who flees
וַ/יֹּאמַ֗ר 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 vayomar And he said and he said and he said HC/Vqw3ms הָגָ֞ר 𐤄𐤂𐤓 hagar Hagar Hagar Hagar HNp שִׁפְחַ֥ת 𐤔𐤐𐤇𐤕 shifechat servant female slave of female slave of HNcfsc שָׂרַ֛י 𐤔𐤓𐤉 saray of Sarai Sarai Saray HNp אֵֽי 𐤀𐤉 ey kai (Lozi) where where is? where HTi מִ/זֶּ֥ה 𐤌/𐤆𐤄 mizeh from from this from this HR/Pdxms בָ֖את 𐤁𐤀𐤕 vat have you come you came you came HVqp2fs וְ/אָ֣נָה 𐤅/𐤀𐤍𐤄 veanah and where and where? and where? HC/Ti תֵלֵ֑כִי 𐤕𐤋𐤊𐤉 telekhi are you going you will go you will go HVqi2fs וַ/תֹּ֕אמֶר 𐤅/𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 vatomer And she said and she said and she said HC/Vqw3fs מִ/פְּנֵי֙ 𐤌/𐤐𐤍𐤉 mipeney from the presence of from the presence of from before the presence of HR/Ncbpc שָׂרַ֣י 𐤔𐤓𐤉 saray-2 Sarai Sarai Saray HNp גְּבִרְתִּ֔/י 𐤂𐤁𐤓𐤕/𐤉 gevireti my mistress my lady my lady HNcfsc/Sp1cs אָנֹכִ֖י 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 anokhi ine-neka (Bemba) I I myself I myself HPp1cs בֹּרַֽחַת 𐤁𐤓𐤇𐤕 borachat baleka (Zulu) am fleeing she who flees she who flees HVqrfsa
Verse 11
And said and he said and he said to her — to her the Angel agent-messenger of agent-messenger of of the LORD Yahweh Yahweh Behold, you are Look—you! look you with child pregnant pregnant and will bear and you bore and you will bear a son son a son and you shall call and you called and you shall call his name his name his name Ishmael God has heard Yishemael for for/because because has heard he heard he heard the LORD Yahweh Yahweh to toward to your affliction your affliction your affliction
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 vayomer And said and he said and he said HC/Vqw3ms לָ/הּ֙ 𐤋/𐤄 lah to her to her HR/Sp3fs מַלְאַ֣ךְ 𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊 maleakhe Malaika (Bemba) the Angel agent-messenger of agent-messenger of HNcmsc יְהוָ֔ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) of the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp הִנָּ֥/ךְ 𐤄𐤍/𐤊 hinakhe mona (Bemba) Behold, you are Look—you! look you HTm/Sp2fs הָרָ֖ה 𐤄𐤓𐤄 harah with child pregnant pregnant HAafsa וְ/יֹלַ֣דְתְּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤋𐤃𐤕 veyoladete fyala (Bemba) and will bear and you bore and you will bear HC/Vqrfsa בֵּ֑ן 𐤁𐤍 ben Bene (Bemba) a son son a son HNcmsa וְ/קָרָ֤את 𐤅/𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤕 veqarat and you shall call and you called and you shall call HC/Vqq2fs שְׁמ/וֹ֙ 𐤔𐤌/𐤅 shemo his name his name his name HNcmsc/Sp3ms יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אל 𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤀𐤋 yishemael Ishmael God has heard Yishemael HNp כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because because HC שָׁמַ֥ע 𐤔𐤌𐤏 shama has heard he heard he heard HVqp3ms יְהוָ֖ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah-2 Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to toward to HR עָנְיֵֽ/ךְ 𐤏𐤍𐤉/𐤊 aneyekhe your affliction your affliction your affliction HNcmsc/Sp2fs
Verse 12
And he and he and he will be he will come to be he will be wild donkey wild donkey of wild donkey of of a man human being human being his hand his hand his hand against everyone in the whole against everyone and hand hand of and hand of everyone's the whole of everyone against him — against him and and upon and upon faces face of before the face of of all all of all of his brothers his brothers his brothers he shall live he will dwell he will dwell
וְ/ה֤וּא 𐤅/𐤄𐤅𐤀 vehu And he and he and he HC/Pp3ms יִהְיֶה֙ 𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤄 yiheyeh will be he will come to be he will be HVqi3ms פֶּ֣רֶא 𐤐𐤓𐤀 pere wild donkey wild donkey of wild donkey of HNcmsc אָדָ֔ם 𐤀𐤃𐤌 adam of a man human being human being HNcmsa יָד֣/וֹ 𐤉𐤃/𐤅 yado his hand his hand his hand HNcbsc/Sp3ms בַ/כֹּ֔ל 𐤁/𐤊𐤋 vakol kila (Swahili) against everyone in the whole against everyone HRd/Ncmsa וְ/יַ֥ד 𐤅/𐤉𐤃 veyad and hand hand of and hand of HC/Ncbsc כֹּ֖ל 𐤊𐤋 kol kila (Swahili) everyone's the whole of everyone HNcmsa בּ֑/וֹ 𐤁/𐤅 bo against him against him HR/Sp3ms וְ/עַל 𐤅/𐤏𐤋 veal and and upon and upon HC/R פְּנֵ֥י 𐤐𐤍𐤉 peney faces face of before the face of HNcbpc כָל 𐤊𐤋 khal kila (Swahili) of all all of all of HNcmsc אֶחָ֖י/ו 𐤀𐤇𐤉/𐤅 echayv his brothers his brothers his brothers HNcmpc/Sp3ms יִשְׁכֹּֽן 𐤉𐤔𐤊𐤍 yishekon he shall live he will dwell he will dwell HVqi3ms
Verse 13
she called and she called out and she called out the name name-of name of of the LORD Yahweh Yahweh who spoke the speaking-one the speaking-one to her to her to her You you you God toward God who sees me visible appearance who sees me for for/because for she said she said she said Have I also also also here to this place to here looked/seen I saw I saw after after, following after him who sees me seer the one who sees me
וַ/תִּקְרָ֤א 𐤅/𐤕𐤒𐤓𐤀 vatiqera she called and she called out and she called out HC/Vqw3fs שֵׁם 𐤔𐤌 shem the name name-of name of HNcmsc יְהוָה֙ 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) of the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp הַ/דֹּבֵ֣ר 𐤄/𐤃𐤁𐤓 hadover who spoke the speaking-one the speaking-one HTd/Vqrmsa אֵלֶ֔י/הָ 𐤀𐤋𐤉/𐤄 eleyha to her to her to her HR/Sp3fs אַתָּ֖ה 𐤀𐤕𐤄 atah You you you HPp2ms אֵ֣ל 𐤀𐤋 el God toward God HNcmsc רֳאִ֑י 𐤓𐤀𐤉 roi who sees me visible appearance who sees me HNcmsa כִּ֣י 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because for HC אָֽמְרָ֗ה 𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤄 amerah she said she said she said HVqp3fs הֲ/גַ֥ם 𐤄/𐤂𐤌 hagam Have I also also also HTi/D הֲלֹ֛ם 𐤄𐤋𐤌 halom here to this place to here HD רָאִ֖יתִי 𐤓𐤀𐤉𐤕𐤉 raiti looked/seen I saw I saw HVqp1cs אַחֲרֵ֥י 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉 acharey after after, following after HR רֹאִֽ/י 𐤓𐤀/𐤉 roi-2 him who sees me seer the one who sees me HVqrmsc/Sp1cs
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