iGenesis 21:1-21

Ke kaloku uYehova wamvelela uSara njengoko ebetshilo, uYehova wamenzela uSara njengoko abekuthethile. Wamitha ke uSara waza wamzalela uAbraham unyana ebudaleni bakhe, ngexesha elimisiweyo uThixo awayethethe ngalo kuye. uAbraham wamthiya igama unyana wonyana wakhe lowo wamzalelayo, awamzalela yena uSara, igama elinguIsake. uAbraham wamalusa uIsake unyana wakhe, akuba ntsuku zisibhozo ezelwe, njengoko uThixo abemwisele umthetho. uAbraham ubeminyaka ilikhulu ezelwe, ukuzalwa kukaIsake unyana wakhe. Wathi uSara, Undihlekisile uThixo; Wathi, Ngubani na obengamxelela uAbraham, ukuba uSara wanyisa abantwana? ngokuba ndimzalele unyana ekwaluphaleni kwakhe. Wakhula umntwana, walunyulwa, waza uAbraham wenza itheko elikhulu mhla alunyulwayo uIsake. uSara wabona ukuba unyana kaHagare umYiputazana, awamzalela uAbraham, ehlekisa ngaye. Wathi kuAbraham, Sikhuphele phandle esi sicakazana nonyana waso, kuba unyana waloo mkhonzazana akayi kulidla ilifa ndawonye nonyana wam uIsake. Yaba mbi kakhulu loo mcimbi emehlweni ka-Abraham ngenxa yonyana wakhe. Wathi uThixo kuAbraham, Musa ukukuvumela ukuba kube kubi emehlweni akho ngenxa yonyana wakho, nangenxa yomkhonzazana wakho; Entweni yonke ayithethileyo uSara kuwe, liphulaphule izwi lakhe; ngokuba iya kubizwa ngoIsake imbewu yakho. Ndiza kumenza uhlanga ngonyana wekhobokazana, ngenxa yokuba eyimbewu yakho. Wavuka kusasa uAbraham, wathabatha isonka neselwa lamanzi, wanika uHagare, wazibeka emagxeni akhe nomntwana, wathi kuye, makahambe; wemka, wabhadula entlango eBher-shebha. Aphela amanzi etankini, waza umntwana wamphosa phantsi kwelinye ityholo. Waya wahlala phantsi malunga nayo, umgama onjengesaphetha; ngokuba wathi, Andiyi kukubona ukufa komntwana. Wahlala phantsi malunga naye, waphakamisa izwi lakhe, wadanduluka. Waliva uThixo ilizwi lenkwenkwe; samemeza isithunywa sikaThixo kuHagare sisemazulwini, sathi kuye, Ukhathazwa yintoni na, Hagare? Musa ukoyika; ngokuba uThixo ulivile ilizwi lonyana apho akhona. Suka ume, uyiphakamise inkwenkwe, uyibambe ngesandla; ngokuba ndiya kumenza uhlanga olukhulu. uThixo wawavula amehlo akhe, wabona iqula lamanzi; Waya kuzalisa ingqayi ngamanzi, wayiseza inkwenkwe. uThixo waba nenkwenkwe; wakhula, wahlala entlango, waba ngumtoli. Wahlala entlango yaseParan, unina wamzeka wangumkakhe ezweni laseYiputa.