Genesis · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Genesis 21 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Και επεσκέφθη ο Κύριος την Σάρραν, ως είπε· και έκαμεν ο Κύριος εις την Σάρραν, ως ελάλησε.
1 Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken.
2 Και συνέλαβεν η Σάρρα, και εγέννησεν εις τον Αβραάμ υιόν εν τω γήρατι αυτού· κατά τον καιρόν, τον οποίον είπε προς αυτόν ο Θεός.
2 Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
3 Και εκάλεσεν ο Αβραάμ το όνομα του υιού αυτού, του γεννηθέντος εις αυτόν, τον οποίον η Σάρρα εγέννησεν εις αυτόν, Ισαάκ.
3 Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
4 Περιέτεμε δε ο Αβραάμ τον υιόν αυτού Ισαάκ την ογδόην ημέραν, ως προσέταξεν εις αυτόν ο Θεός.
4 Abraham circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
5 Ήτο δε ο Αβραάμ εκατόν ετών, ότε εγεννήθη εις αυτόν Ισαάκ ο υιός αυτού.
5 Abraham was one hundred years old when his son, Isaac, was born to him.
6 Και είπεν η Σάρρα, Ο Θεός με έκαμε να γελώ· όστις ακούση, θέλει γελά μετ' εμού.
6 Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”
7 Και είπε, Τις ήθελεν ειπεί προς τον Αβραάμ, ότι ήθελε θηλάσει τέκνα η Σάρρα; επειδή εγέννησα υιόν εν τω γήρατι αυτού.
7 She said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.”
8 Το δε παιδίον ηύξησε και απεγαλακτίσθη· και έκαμεν ο Αβραάμ μέγα συμπόσιον, καθ' ην ημέραν απεγαλακτίσθη ο Ισαάκ.
8 The child grew and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
9 Και είδεν η Σάρρα τον υιόν της Άγαρ της Αιγυπτίας, τον οποίον εγέννησεν εις τον Αβραάμ, περιγελώντα τον Ισαάκ.
9 Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
10 Και είπε προς τον Αβραάμ, Δίωξον την δούλην ταύτην και τον υιόν αυτής· διότι δεν θέλει κληρονομήσει ο υιός της δούλης ταύτης μετά του υιού μου, του Ισαάκ.
10 Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this servant and her son! For the son of this servant will not be heir with my son, Isaac.”
11 Εφάνη δε σκληρόν σφόδρα το πράγμα εις τους οφθαλμούς του Αβραάμ περί του υιού αυτού.
11 The thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son.
12 Και είπεν ο Θεός προς τον Αβραάμ, Ας μη φανή σκληρόν εις τους οφθαλμούς σου περί του παιδίου και περί της δούλης σου· κατά πάντα όσα είπη προς σε η Σάρρα, άκουε τους λόγους αυτής· διότι εν τω Ισαάκ θέλει κληθή εις σε σπέρμα·
12 God said to Abraham, “Don’t let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your servant. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For your offspring will be named through Isaac.
13 και τον υιόν δε της δούλης εις έθνος θέλω καταστήσει αυτόν· διότι είναι σπέρμα σου.
13 I will also make a nation of the son of the servant, because he is your child.”
14 Σηκωθείς δε ο Αβραάμ ενωρίς το πρωΐ, έλαβεν άρτους και ασκόν ύδατος και έδωκεν εις την Άγαρ, επιθέσας αυτά επί τον ώμον αυτής, και το παιδίον, και απέπεμψεν αυτήν. Η δε αναχωρήσασα περιεπλανάτο εν τη ερήμω Βηρ-σαβεέ.
14 Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a container of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder; and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
15 Και αφού ετελείωσε το ύδωρ από του ασκού, έρριψε το παιδίον υποκάτω ενός θάμνου·
15 The water in the container was spent, and she put the child under one of the shrubs.
16 και ελθούσα εκάθισεν απέναντι, μακράν έως τόξου βολής· διότι είπε, να μη ίδω τον θάνατον του παιδίου. Και εκάθισεν απέναντι και ύψωσε την φωνήν αυτής και έκλαυσεν.
16 She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of the child.” She sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
17 Εισήκουσε δε ο Θεός την φωνήν του παιδίου· και εφώνησεν άγγελος Θεού προς την Άγαρ εκ του ουρανού, και είπε προς αυτήν, Τι έχεις, Άγαρ; μη φοβού· διότι ήκουσεν ο Θεός την φωνήν του παιδίου εκ του τόπου ένθα κείται·
17 God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Don’t be afraid. For God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.
18 σηκώθητι, λάβε το παιδίον, και κράτει αυτό με την χείρα σου· διότι θέλω καταστήσει αυτό εις έθνος μέγα.
18 Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him with your hand. For I will make him a great nation.”
19 Και ήνοιξεν ο Θεός τους οφθαλμούς αυτής, και ιδούσα φρέαρ ύδατος υπήγε και εγέμισε τον ασκόν ύδωρ και επότισε το παιδίον.
19 God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled the container with water, and gave the boy a drink.
20 Και ήτο ο Θεός μετά του παιδίου, και ηύξησε, και κατώκησεν εν τη ερήμω και έγεινε τοξότης.
20 God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and as he grew up, he became an archer.
21 Και κατώκησεν εν τη ερήμω Φαράν· και η μήτηρ αυτού έλαβεν εις αυτόν γυναίκα εκ γης Αιγύπτου.
21 He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother got a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
22 Κατ' εκείνον δε τον καιρόν ο Αβιμέλεχ, μετά του Φιχόλ αρχιστρατήγου της δυνάμεως αυτού, είπε προς τον Αβραάμ, λέγων, Ο Θεός είναι μετά σου εις πάντα όσα πράττεις·
22 At that time, Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do.
23 τώρα λοιπόν όμοσον προς εμέ εδώ εις τον Θεόν, ότι δεν θέλεις ψευσθή προς εμέ, ούτε προς τον υιόν μου, ούτε προς τους εγγόνους μου· αλλά κατά το έλεος, το οποίον έκαμα εις σε, θέλεις κάμει εις εμέ, και εις την γην όπου παρώκησας.
23 Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner.”
24 Και είπεν ο Αβραάμ, Εγώ θέλω ομόσει.
24 Abraham said, “I will swear.”
25 Και έλεγξεν ο Αβραάμ τον Αβιμέλεχ διά το φρέαρ του ύδατος, το οποίον αφήρπασαν οι δούλοι του Αβιμέλεχ.
25 Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
26 Και είπεν ο Αβιμέλεχ, Δεν εξεύρω τις έπραξε το πράγμα τούτο· και ούτε συ με εφανέρωσας και ούτε εγώ ήκουσα, ειμή σήμερον.
26 Abimelech said, “I don’t know who has done this thing. You didn’t tell me, and I didn’t hear of it until today.”
27 Και λαβών ο Αβραάμ πρόβατα και βόας, έδωκεν εις τον Αβιμέλεχ· και έκαμον αμφότεροι συνθήκην.
27 Abraham took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant.
28 Και έβαλεν ο Αβραάμ κατά μέρος επτά θηλυκά αρνία του ποιμνίου.
28 Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 Και είπεν ο Αβιμέλεχ προς τον Αβραάμ, Τι είναι ταύτα τα επτά θηλυκά αρνία, τα οποία έβαλες κατά μέρος;
29 Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs, which you have set by themselves, mean?”
30 Ο δε είπεν, Ότι ταύτα τα επτά θηλυκά αρνία θέλεις λάβει εκ της χειρός μου, διά να ήναι εις εμέ εις μαρτύριον ότι εγώ έσκαψα το φρέαρ τούτο.
30 He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.”
31 διά τούτο ωνόμασε τον τόπον εκείνον, Βηρ-σαβεέ· διότι εκεί ώμοσαν αμφότεροι.
31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an oath there.
32 Και έκαμον συνθήκην εν Βηρ-σαβεέ. Εσηκώθη δε ο Αβιμέλεχ και Φιχόλ ο αρχιστράτηγος της δυνάμεως αυτού, και επέστρεψαν εις την γην των Φιλισταίων.
32 So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
33 Και εφύτευσεν ο Αβραάμ δρυμόν εν Βηρ-σαβεέ· και επεκαλέσθη εκεί το όνομα του Κυρίου, του αιωνίου Θεού.
33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.
34 Παρώκησε δε ο Αβραάμ εν τη γη των Φιλισταίων ημέρας πολλάς.
34 Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines many days.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abimelech
King of Gerar who took Sarah, was warned by God in a dream and returned her to Abraham, and made a covenant with Abraham at Beersheba; an Abimelech king of the Philistines at…
Cited in the guide: Genesis 20:2–3; Genesis 21:22–27; Genesis 26:1
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
Isaac
The long-promised son, nearly offered on Moriah, through whom the covenant continued.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 21–27
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
Phicol
Commander of Abimelech's army, who stood with him in the covenant at Beersheba with Abraham and again in the covenant with Isaac.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 21:22; Genesis 21:32; Genesis 26:26
Sarah
Wife of Abraham who bore Isaac in her old age, long after hope seemed gone.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 17-21
Places
Beersheba
The southern frontier of Israel ('from Dan to Beersheba'). Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob all dug wells and worshiped here at the gateway to the Negev.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 21:31; Genesis 26:23; 1 Samuel 8:2
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 12:6; Genesis 18:10; Genesis 18:14; Genesis 17:19; Galatians 4:23
- 2 Galatians 4:22; Hebrews 11:11; Luke 1:24–25; Genesis 17:19; Luke 1:36
- 3 Genesis 17:19; Romans 9:7; Genesis 21:6; Matthew 1:2; Joshua 24:3
- 4 Acts 7:8; Genesis 17:10–12; Leviticus 12:3; John 7:22–23; Exodus 12:48
- 5 Genesis 17:17; Romans 4:19; Genesis 17:1
- 6 Psalm 126:2; Isaiah 54:1; Genesis 17:17; Luke 1:58; Galatians 4:27–28
- 7 Genesis 18:11–12; Isaiah 66:8; 2 Thessalonians 1:10; Deuteronomy 4:32–34; Numbers 23:23
- 8 1 Samuel 1:22; Hosea 1:8; Genesis 40:20; Genesis 29:22; Psalm 131:2
- 9 Galatians 4:29; Genesis 16:15; Galatians 4:22; Genesis 16:1; Psalm 44:13–14
- 10 John 8:35; Galatians 4:22–31; 1 John 2:19; 1 Peter 1:4; Genesis 36:6–7
- 11 Hebrews 12:11; Genesis 17:18; Matthew 10:37; Genesis 22:1–2; 2 Samuel 18:33
- 12 Hebrews 11:18; Romans 9:7–8; Genesis 17:19; 1 Samuel 8:9; 1 Samuel 8:7
- 13 Genesis 16:10; Genesis 17:20; Genesis 21:18; Genesis 25:12–18
- 14 Psalm 119:60; Genesis 21:31; Proverbs 27:14; 1 Kings 19:3; Genesis 25:6
- 15 Jeremiah 14:3; 2 Kings 3:9; Psalm 63:1; Exodus 15:22–25; Exodus 17:1–3
- 16 Isaiah 49:15; Ruth 1:9; 1 Kings 3:26; Judges 2:4; 1 Samuel 30:4
- 17 Genesis 16:11; Psalm 50:15; Psalm 91:15; Exodus 3:7; Genesis 16:9
- 18 Genesis 21:13; Genesis 16:10; 1 Chronicles 1:29–31; Genesis 17:20; Genesis 25:12–18
- 19 Numbers 22:31; 2 Kings 6:17–20; Isaiah 35:5–6; Luke 24:16–31
- 20 Genesis 28:15; Genesis 39:21; Genesis 16:12; Genesis 39:2–3; Luke 1:80
- 21 Genesis 24:3–4; Genesis 26:34–35; Genesis 27:46–28:2; Numbers 12:16; 1 Samuel 25:1
- 22 Joshua 3:7; Genesis 26:28; Genesis 26:26; Genesis 20:2; Romans 8:31
- 23 Joshua 2:12; Genesis 20:14; Genesis 14:22–23; Genesis 26:28; Genesis 31:44
- 24 Hebrews 6:16; Romans 12:18; Genesis 14:13
- 25 Genesis 26:15–22; Proverbs 27:5; Matthew 18:15; Judges 1:15; Genesis 29:8
- 26 2 Kings 5:20–24; Genesis 13:7
- 27 Genesis 26:28–31; Isaiah 32:8; Proverbs 18:16; Proverbs 18:24; Ezekiel 17:13
- 29 Genesis 33:8; Exodus 12:26; 1 Samuel 15:14
- 30 Genesis 31:52; Joshua 24:27; Joshua 22:27–28; Genesis 31:44–48
- 31 Genesis 26:33; Genesis 21:14; 1 Kings 4:25; Genesis 26:23; 2 Samuel 17:11
- 32 Genesis 21:27; 1 Samuel 18:3; Genesis 10:14; Genesis 26:8; Exodus 13:17
- 33 1 Timothy 1:17; Isaiah 40:28; Psalm 90:2; Romans 16:26; Jeremiah 10:10
- 34 Psalm 39:12; Hebrews 11:13; Genesis 20:1; 1 Peter 2:11; Hebrews 11:9
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For when Isaac was born and called by that name, Sarah showed that her laughter was not that of scornful reproach, but that of joyful praise; for she said, "God hath made me to laugh, so that every one who hears will laugh with me." Then in a little while the bond maid was cast out of the house with …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
And when, after he had gained his son, he was commanded to offer him up, although he had heard the word, In Isaac shall thy seed be called, he proceeded to offer up his son, his only son, to God, believing that God is able to raise up even from the dead.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… by casting out the bond maid and her son, "In Isaac shall thy seed be called." No doubt He then goes on to say, "And as for the son of this bond woman, I will make him a great nation, because he is thy seed." How then is it said "In Isaac shall thy seed be called," when God calls …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For when it is said, "In Isaac shall thy seed be called," by this seed is meant solely the city of God; so that from it is separated Abraham's other seed, which was in the son of the bond woman, and which was to be in the sons of Keturah.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)