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1. | I Nkosi yasimhambela uSara njengokukhuluma kwayo, njalo i Nkosi yenza kuSara njengoba yayitshilo. |
2. | USara wasethatha isisu, wamzalela indodana uAbrahama ebudaleni bakhe, ngesikhathi esimisiweyo uNkulunkulu abesitshilo kuye. |
3. | UAbrahama wasesitha ibizo lendodana yakhe, eyazalelwa yena, uSara amzalela yona, wathi nguIsaka. |
4. | UAbrahama wasesoka uIsaka indodana yakhe isilensuku eziyisificaminwembili, njengoba uNkulunkulu wamlaya. |
5. | Njalo uAbrahama wayeleminyaka elikhulu lapho ezalelwa uIsaka indodana yakhe. |
6. | USara wasesithi: UNkulunkulu ungenzele uhleko, wonke ozwayo uzahleka lami. |
7. | Wathi futhi: Ngubani obengatsho kuAbrahama ukuthi: USara uzamunyisa abantwana? Ngoba ngi m zalele indodana ebudaleni bakhe. |
8. | Umntwana wakhula, walunyulwa. UAbrahama wasesenza idili elikhulu mhla uIsaka elunyulwa. |
9. | USara wasebona indodana kaHagari umGibhithekazi ayeyizalele uAbrahama ikloloda. |
10. | Ngakho wathi kuAbrahama: Xotsha lesisigqilikazi lendodana yaso; ngoba indodana yalesisigqilikazi kayiyikudla ilifa kanye lendodana yami, kanye loIsaka. |
11. | Lalelilizwi laba libi kakhulu emehlweni kaAbrahama, ngenxa yendodana yakhe. |
12. | Kodwa uNkulunkulu wathi kuAbrahama: Kakungabi kubi emehlweni akho, ngenxa yomfana langenxa yesigqilikazi sakho; konke uSara azakutsho kuwe, lalela ilizwi lakhe, ngoba kuIsaka inzalo yakho izabizwa. |
13. | Kodwa lendodana yesigqilikazi ngizayenza ibe yisizwe, ngoba iyinzalo yakho. |
14. | Ngakho uAbrahama wavuka ekuseni kakhulu, wathatha isinkwa lesigxingi samanzi, wa ku nika uHagari, e ku beka emahlombe akhe, lomntwana, wamyekela wahamba. Wasehamba wazula enkangala iBherishebha. |
15. | Wathi amanzi esephelile esigxingini waphosela umntwana phansi kwesinye sezihlahlakazana. |
16. | Wasehamba wahlala phansi maqondana laye, esuka kuye khatshanyana, okungaba yikutshoka ngedandili; ngoba wathi: Kangingaboni ukufa komntwana. Wahlala maqondana laye, waphakamisa ilizwi lakhe wakhala inyembezi. |
17. | UNkulunkulu wasesizwa ilizwi lomfana. Yasimemeza ingilosi kaNkulunkulu kuHagari isemazulwini, yathi kuye: Ulani, Hagari? Ungesabi, ngoba uNkulunkulu ulizwile ilizwi lomfana lapho akhona. |
18. | Sukuma, uphakamise umfana, umbambe ngesandla sakho; ngoba ngizamenza abe yisizwe esikhulu. |
19. | UNkulunkulu wasevula amehlo akhe, njalo wabona umthombo wamanzi; wahamba, wagcwalisa isigxingi ngamanzi, wamnathisa umfana. |
20. | Njalo uNkulunkulu waba lomfana, wakhula, wahlala enkangala, waba ngumtshoki. |
21. | Wahlala enkangala iParani; unina wasemthathela umfazi elizweni leGibhithe. |
22. | Kwasekusithi ngalesosikhathi uAbhimeleki loFikoli, induna yebutho yakhe, wakhuluma kuAbrahama wathi: UNkulunkulu ulawe kukho konke okwenzayo. |
23. | Ngakho-ke funga kimi lapha ngoNkulunkulu ukuthi kawuyikungikhohlisa mina kumbe indodana yami kumbe izizukulwana zami; njengomusa engikwenzele wona, yenza kimi, lelizweni ohlala kilo njengowemzini. |
24. | UAbrahama wasesithi: Mina ngizafunga. |
25. | Kodwa uAbrahama wamsola uAbhimeleki ngenxa yomthombo wamanzi ebeziwuphangile izinceku zikaAbhimeleki. |
26. | UAbhimeleki wasesithi: Angazi owenze le into; njalo lawe kawungitshelanga, futhi lami kangizwanga ngakho, ngaphandle kwalamuhla. |
27. | UAbrahama wasethatha izimvu lenkomo, wa zi nika uAbhimeleki; njalo bobabili benza isivumelwano. |
28. | UAbrahama wabeka amawundlukazi omhlambi ayisikhombisa wodwa. |
29. | UAbhimeleki wasesithi kuAbrahama: Ayini lapha lamawundlukazi ayisikhombisa owabeke wodwa? |
30. | Wasesithi: Ngoba uzakwemukela esandleni sami amawundlukazi ayisikhombisa, ukuze abe yibufakazi kimi bokuthi lumthombo ngiwugebhile. |
31. | Ngakho wabiza leyondawo ngokuthi yiBherishebha, ngoba lapho bafunga bobabili. |
32. | Ngakho benza isivumelwano eBherishebha. UAbhimeleki wasesukuma, loFikoli induna yakhe yebutho, babuyela elizweni lamaFilisti. |
33. | Wasehlanyela isihlahla somtamarisiki* eBherishebha wabiza khona ibizo le Nkosi, uNkulunkulu olaphakade. |
34. | UAbrahama wasehlala njengowezizwe elizweni lamaFilisti insuku ezinengi. |
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