Genesis 21
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Visitavit autem Dominus Saram, sicut promiserat: et implevit quæ locutus est.
1And the LORD remembered Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as He had spoken.
2Concepitque et peperit filium in senectute sua, tempore quo prædixerat ei Deus.
2And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
3Vocavitque Abraham nomen filii sui, quem genuit ei Sara, Isaac:
3And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
4et circumcidit eum octavo die, sicut præceperat ei Deus,
4And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
5cum centum esset annorum: hac quippe ætate patris, natus est Isaac.
5And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
6Dixitque Sara: Risum fecit mihi Deus: quicumque audierit, corridebit mihi.
6And Sarah said: 'God hath made laughter for me; every one that heareth will laugh on account of me.'
7Rursumque ait: Quis auditurus crederet Abraham quod Sara lactaret filium, quem peperit ei jam seni?
7And she said: 'Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck? for I have borne him a son in his old age.'
8Crevit igitur puer, et ablactatus est: fecitque Abraham grande convivium in die ablactationis ejus.
8And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
9Cumque vidisset Sara filium Agar Ægyptiæ ludentem cum Isaac filio suo, dixit ad Abraham:
9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, making sport.
10Ejice ancillam hanc, et filium ejus: non enim erit hæres filius ancillæ cum filio meo Isaac.
10Wherefore she said unto Abraham: 'Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.'
11Dure accepit hoc Abraham pro filio suo.
11And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son.
12Cui dixit Deus: Non tibi videatur asperum super puero, et super ancilla tua: omnia quæ dixerit tibi Sara, audi vocem ejus: quia in Isaac vocabitur tibi semen.
12And God said unto Abraham: 'Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall seed be called to thee.
13Sed et filium ancillæ faciam in gentem magnam, quia semen tuum est.
13And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.'
14Surrexit itaque Abraham mane, et tollens panem et utrem aquæ, imposuit scapulæ ejus, tradiditque puerum, et dimisit eam. Quæ cum abiisset, errabat in solitudine Bersabee.
14And Abraham arose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away; and she departed, and strayed in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
15Cumque consumpta esset aqua in utre, abjecit puerum subter unam arborum, quæ ibi erant.
15And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
16Et abiit, seditque e regione procul quantum potest arcus jacere: dixit enim: Non videbo morientem puerum: et sedens contra, levavit vocem suam et flevit.
16And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow-shot; for she said: 'Let me not look upon the death of the child.' And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
17Exaudivit autem Deus vocem pueri: vocavitque angelus Dei Agar de cælo, dicens: Quid agis Agar? noli timere: exaudivit enim Deus vocem pueri de loco in quo est.
17And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her: 'What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
18Surge, tolle puerum, et tene manum illius: quia in gentem magnam faciam eum.
18Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him fast by thy hand; for I will make him a great nation.'
19Aperuitque oculos ejus Deus: quæ videns puteum aquæ, abiit, et implevit utrem, deditque puero bibere.
19And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
20Et fuit cum eo: qui crevit, et moratus est in solitudine, factusque est juvenis sagittarius.
20And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
21Habitavitque in deserto Pharan, et accepit illi mater sua uxorem de terra Ægypti.
21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
22Eodem tempore dixit Abimelech, et Phicol princeps exercitus ejus, ad Abraham: Deus tecum est in universis quæ agis.
22And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spoke unto Abraham, saying: 'God is with thee in all that thou doest.
23Jura ergo per Deum, ne noceas mihi, et posteris meis, stirpique meæ: sed juxta misericordiam, quam feci tibi, facies mihi, et terræ in qua versatus es advena.
23Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son; but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.'
24Dixitque Abraham: Ego jurabo.
24And Abraham said: 'I will swear.'
25Et increpavit Abimelech propter puteum aquæ quem vi abstulerunt servi ejus.
25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
26Responditque Abimelech: Nescivi quis fecerit hanc rem: sed et tu non indicasti mihi, et ego non audivi præter hodie.
26And Abimelech said: 'I know not who hath done this thing; neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day.'
27Tulit itaque Abraham oves et boves, et dedit Abimelech: percusseruntque ambo fœdus.
27And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and they two made a covenant.
28Et statuit Abraham septem agnas gregis seorsum.
28And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.
29Cui dixit Abimelech: Quid sibi volunt septem agnæ istæ, quas stare fecisti seorsum?
29And Abimelech said unto Abraham: 'What mean these seven ewe-lambs which thou hast set by themselves?'
30At ille: Septem, inquit, agnas accipies de manu mea: ut sint mihi in testimonium, quoniam ego fodi puteum istum.
30And he said: 'Verily, these seven ewe-lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.'
31Idcirco vocatus est locus ille Bersabee: quia ibi uterque juravit.
31Wherefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there they swore both of them.
32Et inierunt fœdus pro puteo juramenti.
32So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba; and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
33Surrexit autem Abimelech, et Phicol princeps exercitus ejus, reversique sunt in terram Palæstinorum. Abraham vero plantavit nemus in Bersabee, et invocavit ibi nomen Domini Dei æterni.
33And Abraham planted a tamarisk-tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.
34Et fuit colonus terræ Palæstinorum diebus multis.
34And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
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