1 Са́ра же жена̀ а҆вра́млѧ не ражда́ше є҆мꙋ̀: бѧ́ше же є҆́й раба̀ є҆гѵ́птѧнынѧ, є҆́йже и҆́мѧ а҆́гарь. 2 Рече́ же са́ра ко а҆вра́мꙋ: сѐ, заключи́ мѧ гдⷭ҇ь, є҆́же не ражда́ти: вни́ди ᲂу҆̀бо къ рабѣ̀ мое́й, да ча̑да сотворю̀ ѿ неѧ̀. Послꙋ́ша же а҆вра́мъ гла́са са́рина. 3 И҆ пои́мши са́ра жена̀ а҆вра́млѧ а҆́гарь є҆гѵ́птѧныню рабꙋ̀ свою̀, по десѧтѝ лѣ́тѣхъ вселе́нїѧ а҆вра́млѧ въ землѝ ханаа́ни, дадѐ ю҆̀ въ женꙋ̀ а҆вра́мꙋ мꙋ́жꙋ своемꙋ̀. 4 И҆ вни́де ко а҆́гари, и҆ зача́тъ: и҆ ви́дѣ, ꙗ҆́кѡ во чре́вѣ и҆́мать, и҆ ᲂу҆коре́на бы́сть госпожа̀ (є҆ѧ̀) пред̾ не́ю. 5 И҆ речѐ са́ра ко а҆вра́мꙋ: ѡ҆би́да мѝ ѿ тебє̀: а҆́зъ да́хъ рабꙋ̀ мою̀ въ нѣ́дро твоѐ: ѻ҆на́ же ви́дѣвши, ꙗ҆́кѡ во чре́вѣ и҆́мать, ᲂу҆коре́на бы́хъ пред̾ не́ю: сꙋдѝ бг҃ъ междꙋ̀ мно́ю и҆ тобо́ю. 6 Рече́ же а҆вра́мъ къ са́рѣ: сѐ, раба̀ твоѧ̀ въ рꙋкꙋ̀ твоє́ю: творѝ є҆́й, ꙗ҆́коже тѝ є҆́сть ᲂу҆го́дно. И҆ ѡ҆ѕло́би ю҆̀ са́ра: и҆ ѿбѣжѐ ѿ лица̀ є҆ѧ̀. 7 И҆ ѡ҆брѣ́те ю҆̀ а҆́гг҃лъ гдⷭ҇ень ᲂу҆ и҆сто́чника воды̀ въ пꙋсты́ни, ᲂу҆ и҆сто́чника на пꙋтѝ сꙋ́ръ. 8 И҆ речѐ є҆́й а҆́гг҃лъ гдⷭ҇ень: а҆́гарь, рабо̀ са́рина, ѿкꙋ́дꙋ и҆́деши и҆ ка́мѡ грѧде́ши; И҆ речѐ: ѿ лица̀ са́ры госпожѝ моеѧ̀ а҆́зъ бѣгꙋ̀. 9 Рече́ же є҆́й а҆́гг҃лъ гдⷭ҇ень: возврати́сѧ къ госпожѣ̀ свое́й и҆ покори́сѧ под̾ рꙋкꙋ̀ є҆ѧ̀. 10 И҆ речѐ є҆́й а҆́гг҃лъ гдⷭ҇ень: ᲂу҆множа́ѧ ᲂу҆мно́жꙋ сѣ́мѧ твоѐ, и҆ не сочте́тсѧ ѿ мно́жества. 11 И҆ речѐ є҆́й а҆́гг҃лъ гдⷭ҇ень: сѐ, ты̀ во чре́вѣ и҆́маши и҆ роди́ши сы́на, и҆ нарече́ши и҆́мѧ є҆мꙋ̀ і҆сма́илъ: ꙗ҆́кѡ ᲂу҆слы́ша гдⷭ҇ь смире́нїе твоѐ: 12 се́й бꙋ́детъ се́льный человѣ́къ: рꙋ́цѣ є҆гѡ̀ на всѣ́хъ, и҆ рꙋ́ки всѣ́хъ на него̀, и҆ пред̾ лице́мъ всеѧ̀ бра́тїи своеѧ̀ всели́тсѧ. 13 И҆ призва̀ а҆́гарь и҆́мѧ гдⷭ҇а гл҃ющагѡ къ не́й: ты̀ бг҃ъ призрѣ́вый на мѧ̀: ꙗ҆́кѡ речѐ: и҆́бо предо мно́ю ви́дѣхъ ꙗ҆́вльшагосѧ мнѣ̀. 14 Сегѡ̀ ра́ди прозва̀ кла́дѧзь то́й: кла́дѧзь, и҆дѣ́же предо мно́ю ви́дѣхъ: сѐ междꙋ̀ ка́дисомъ и҆ междꙋ̀ вара́домъ. 15 И҆ родѝ а҆́гарь а҆вра́мꙋ сы́на, и҆ наречѐ а҆вра́мъ и҆́мѧ сы́нꙋ своемꙋ̀, є҆го́же родѝ є҆мꙋ̀ а҆́гарь, і҆сма́илъ. 16 А҆вра́мъ же бѣ̀ лѣ́тъ ѻ҆сми́десѧти шестѝ, є҆гда̀ родѝ а҆́гарь а҆вра́мꙋ і҆сма́ила.
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Notes on this text (3)
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abraham
Called by God, he left home in faith to become the father of a chosen people.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 12–25
Hagar
Sarah's Egyptian servant who bore Ishmael and met God in the wilderness.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 16, 21
Ishmael
Abraham's son by Hagar, blessed by God to become a great nation.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 16; 17:20; 21; 25:12–18
Cross references (15)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Galatians 4:24; Genesis 12:16; Genesis 15:2–3; Genesis 21:9–10; Genesis 21:12
- 2 Genesis 18:10; Genesis 3:17; Exodus 21:4; Genesis 25:21; Genesis 20:18
- 3 Genesis 16:5; Genesis 12:4–5; 2 Samuel 5:13; Genesis 25:6; Genesis 30:9
- 4 2 Samuel 6:16; Proverbs 30:23; 1 Samuel 1:6–8; 1 Corinthians 13:4–5; Proverbs 30:20–21
- 5 Genesis 31:53; Exodus 5:21; Luke 10:40–41; Psalm 7:8; 1 Samuel 24:12–15
- 6 Jeremiah 38:5; Job 2:6; Proverbs 14:29; Psalm 106:41–42; 1 Peter 3:7
- 7 Exodus 15:22; Genesis 25:18; Genesis 21:17; Proverbs 15:3; Genesis 31:11
- 8 Genesis 3:9; Genesis 4:10; Ecclesiastes 10:4; Jeremiah 2:17–18; Ephesians 6:5–8
- 9 1 Peter 5:5–6; Ecclesiastes 10:4; Ephesians 5:21; 1 Peter 2:18–25; Ephesians 6:5–6
- 10 Genesis 17:20; Psalm 83:6–7; Genesis 21:18; Genesis 21:13; Genesis 25:12–18
- 11 Exodus 2:23–24; Exodus 3:7; Isaiah 7:14; Genesis 17:19; Genesis 41:51–52
- 12 Genesis 25:18; Genesis 21:20; Job 39:5–8; Genesis 27:40; Job 11:12
- 13 Psalm 139:1–12; Genesis 32:30; Proverbs 15:3; Proverbs 5:21; Genesis 16:7
- 14 Genesis 25:11; Genesis 24:62; Numbers 13:26; Genesis 21:31; Genesis 14:7
- 15 Genesis 25:12; Genesis 28:9; Genesis 17:18; 1 Chronicles 1:28; Genesis 17:25–26
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… Sarah his wife, and had gratified her will and not his own,--had received her without seeking, had gone in to her without being attached, had impregnated without loving her,--for he says, "Behold thy maid is in thy hands: do to her as it pleaseth thee;" a man able to use women as a man should,--his wife temperately, his handmaid compliantly, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
"And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abraham had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife." And of Keturah, whom he took after Sarah's departure, we read, "Then again Abraham took a wife, whose name was Keturah." Lo!
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… neck: for when, after being humiliated, she departed from her mistress, an angel met her, and said to her, "What is the matter with thee, Hagar, Sarah's handmaid?" When she complained of her mistress, what did she hear from the angel? "Return to thy mistress." It is for this that she is afflicted, that she may return; and would that …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)