16:1 igitur Sarai uxor Abram non genuerat liberos sed habens ancillam aegyptiam nomine Agar

16:1 Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had brought forth no children: but having a handmaid, an Egyptian, named Agar,

16:2 dixit marito suo ecce conclusit me Dominus ne parerem ingredere ad ancillam meam si forte saltem ex illa suscipiam filios cumque ille adquiesceret deprecanti

16:2 She said to her husband: Behold, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: go in unto my handmaid, it may be I may have children of her at least. And when he agreed to her request,

16:3 tulit Agar Aegyptiam ancillam suam post annos decem quam habitare coeperant in terra Chanaan et dedit eam viro suo uxorem

16:3 She took Agar the Egyptian her handmaid, ten years after they first dwelt in the land of Chanaan, and gave her to her husband to wife.

16:4 qui ingressus est ad eam at illa concepisse se videns despexit dominam suam

16:4 And he went in to her. But she perceiving that she was with child, despised her mistress.

16:5 dixitque Sarai ad Abram inique agis contra me ego dedi ancillam meam in sinum tuum quae videns quod conceperit despectui me habet iudicet Dominus inter me et te

16:5 And Sarai said to Abram: Thou dost unjustly with me: I gave my handmaid into thy bosom, and she perceiving herself to be with child, despiseth me. The Lord judge between me and thee.

16:6 cui respondens Abram ecce ait ancilla tua in manu tua est utere ea ut libet adfligente igitur eam Sarai fugam iniit

16:6 And Abram made answer, and said to her: Behold thy handmaid is in thy own hand, use her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai afflicted her, she ran away.

16:7 cumque invenisset illam angelus Domini iuxta fontem aquae in solitudine qui est in via Sur

16:7 And the angel of the Lord having found her, by a fountain of water in the wilderness, which is in the way to Sur in the desert,

16:8 dixit ad eam Agar ancilla Sarai unde venis et quo vadis quae respondit a facie Sarai dominae meae ego fugio

16:8 He said to her: Agar, handmaid of Sarai, whence comest thou? and whither goest thou? And she answered: I flee from the face of Sarai, my mistress.

16:9 dixitque ei angelus Domini revertere ad dominam tuam et humiliare sub manibus ipsius

16:9 And the angel of the Lord said to her: Return to thy mistress, and humble thyself under her hand.

16:10 et rursum multiplicans inquit multiplicabo semen tuum et non numerabitur prae multitudine

16:10 And again he said: I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.

16:11 ac deinceps ecce ait concepisti et paries filium vocabisque nomen eius Ismahel eo quod audierit Dominus adflictionem tuam

16:11 And again: Behold, said he, thou art with child, and thou shalt bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name Ismael, because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.

16:12 hic erit ferus homo manus eius contra omnes et manus omnium contra eum et e regione universorum fratrum suorum figet tabernacula

16:12 He shall be a wild man: his hand will be against all men, and all men's hands against him: and he shall pitch his tents over against all his brethren.

16:13 vocavit autem nomen Domini qui loquebatur ad eam Tu Deus qui vidisti me dixit enim profecto hic vidi posteriora videntis me

16:13 And she called the name of the Lord that spoke unto her: Thou the God who hast seen me. For she said: Verily, here have I seen the hinder parts of him that seeth me.

16:14 propterea appellavit puteum illum puteum Viventis et videntis me ipse est inter Cades et Barad

16:14 Therefore she called that well, the well of him that liveth and seeth me. The same is between Cades and Barad.

16:15 peperitque Abrae filium qui vocavit nomen eius Ismahel

16:15 And Agar brought forth a son to Abram: who called his name Ismael.

16:16 octoginta et sex annorum erat quando peperit ei Agar Ismahelem

16:16 Abram was four score and six years old when Agar brought him forth Ismael.