（1）

　　The Lord showed favor to Sarah as he had promised, and made good what he had said about her . She conceived and bore a son to Abraham for his old age , at the time which God had appointed. The son whom Sarah bore to him , Abraham named Isaac. When Isaac was eight days old Abraham circumcised him , as God had commanded. Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born . Sarah said, 'God has given me good reason to laugh, and everybody who hears will laugh with me . 'She said, 'Whoever would have told Abraham that Sarah would suckle children？Yet I have borne him a son for his old age. 'The boy grew and was weaned, and on the day of his weaning Abraham gave a feast . Sarah saw the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham laughing at him , and she said to Abraham, 'Drive out this slave-girl and her son ； I will not have this slave-girl's son sharing the inheritance with my son Isaac. 'Abraham was vexed at this on account of the boy and the slave-girl Do what Sarah says, because you shall have descendants through Isaac. I will make a great nation of the slave-girl's son too, because he is your own child. '

　　Abraham rose early in the morning, took some food and a waterskin full of water and gave it to Hagar； he set the child on her shoulder and sent her away , and she went and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. When the water in the skin was finished ,  she thrust the child under a bush,   and went and sat down some way off, about two bowshots away , for she said, 'how can I watch the child die ？'so she sat some way off ,  weeping bitterly . God heard the child crying , and the angel of God called from heaven to Hagar, 'what is the matter, Hagar？ Do not be afraid： God has heard the child crying where you laid him . Get to your feet , lift the child up and hold him in your arms, because I will make of him a great nation . Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well full of water； she went to it , filled her waterskin and gave the child a drink. God was with the child , and he grew up and lived in the wilderness of Paran. He became an archer, and his mother found him a wife from Egypt .

　　（2）

　　The time came when God put Abraham to the test . 'Abraham ', he called, and Abraham replied, 'Here I am, 'God said , 'Take your son Isaac, your only won , whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. There you shall offer him as a sacrifice on one of the hills which I will show you . 'So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his ass, and he took with him two of his men and his son Isaac； and he split the firewood for the sacrifice,  and wet out for the place of which God had spoken. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance . He said to his men , 'Stay here with the ass while I and the boy go over there ； and when we have worshipped we will come back to you . 'So Abraham took the wood for the sacrifice and laid it on his son Isaac's shoulder；  he himself carried the fire and the knife , and the two of them went on together. Isaac said to Abraham, 'Father', and he answered, 'What is it , my son ?' Isaac said , 'Here are the fire and the wood, but where is the young beast 'for the sacrifice？'Abraham answered, 'God will provide himself with a young beast for a sacrifice , my son . 'And the two of them went on together and came to the place of which God had spoken . There Abraham built an altar and arranged the wood . He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar on top of the wood . Then he stretched out his hand and took the knife to kill his son 'but the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, 'Abraham , Abraham. 'He answered, 'Here I am . 'the angel of the Lord said , 'Do not raise your hand against the boy ； do not touch him . Now I know that you are a God-fearing man . You have not withheld from me your son , your only won . 'Abraham looked up, and there he saw a ram caught by its horns in a thicket . So he went and took the ram and offered it as a sacrifice instead of his son . Then the angel of the Lord called from heaven a second time to Abraham , 'This is the word of the Lord ： By my own self I swear ： inasmuch as you have cone this and have not withheld your son , your only son , I will bless you abundantly and greatly multiply your descendants until they are as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the sea-shore . Your descendants shall possess the cities of their enemies . All nations on earth shall pray to be blessed as your descendants are blessed . and this because you have obeyed me .

　　Abraham went back to his men , and together they returned to Beersheba； and there Abraham remained.

　　百歲得子

　　（一）

　　上帝實現了他答允給撒拉的恩惠。撒拉懷了孕，就在上帝擇定的日子，給老年的亞伯拉罕生了一個兒子。亞伯拉罕把兒子看書名叫以撒。以撒生下八天，亞伯拉罕按上帝的囑咐，為以撒行了割禮。亞伯拉罕得這兒子時是一百歲。撒拉說：“上帝使我衷心歡笑，每個聽到我笑聲的人都會同我一起歡笑。”好說：“當初認會千訴亞伯拉罕說撒拉還會哺育嬰兒？但是，我還是在他老年時給他添了個兒子了”。這孩子長大一些后，斷奶了。在斷奶那天，來伯拉罕擺了筵席。撒拉看見埃及女奴夏甲為亞伯拉罕生的兒子嘲笑他，就對來伯拉罕說：“趕走那女奴和她的兒子。我不許這女奴的兒子分享我兒以撒的繼承權。”亞伯拉罕為以實瑪利，而對此感到為難。按撒拉說的做吧！因為你要靠以撒來繁衍后代。我也要讓女奴的兒子這邊建成一個大國，因為他也是你的親兒子。“

　　亞伯拉罕第二天一早起來，拿了些食物和一皮袋水給夏甲。他讓孩子伏在夏甲戶上送好上路。她走到別是巴荒野里迷了路。當皮袋中的水喝完后，好把孩子放在小樹叢下。然后坐在稍遠的大約兩箭之遙的地方。好說：“我怎么能當面看著孩子死去呢？”好又再坐遠一點，傷心地哭泣。孩子的哭聲給上帝聽到了，上帝的使臣就從天上對夏甲呼喚道：“你怎么啦，夏甲？別害怕，上帝已聽到你放在那兒的孩子的哭聲。起來吧，去把孩子抑回懷中，我要使他以后也建成一個大國。”于是，上帝使好眼前豁然明亮，，好看見前面有一口滿滿的水井。她走過去，把水袋汲滿，又給孩子喝了水。上帝與孩子同在，孩子長大起來，就信在巴蘭這荒野地方。他成為一個弓箭手，他的母親從埃及為他娶來一個妻子。

　　（二）

　　到了上帝要考驗亞伯拉罕的時候了。他叫他說：“亞伯拉罕。”亞伯拉罕應道：“我在這里。”上帝說：“帶上你心愛的獨子以撒到摩利亞去。在那里，在我指定的一座山上，你把他當作祭品奉獻給我。”于是，亞伯拉罕一早起來，給驢備了鞍，帶了兩個家人和兒子以撒，砍了獻牲用的柴火，就出發去上帝指定的地方。第三天，亞伯拉罕眺望風在遠處的目的地。他對從人說：“你們帶著驢子留在這里，我和孩子上那邊去。我們祭祀完畢，就會回到你們這里，我和孩子上那邊去。我們祭祀完，就會回到你們這里來的。”亞伯拉罕拿著祭祀用的木柴，反它放在兒子以撒戶上。他自已帶著火種和刀子，兩人繼續前行。以撒說：“火種和木柴都有了，但是祭祀用的幼牲在哪兒？”亞伯拉罕回答道：“我兒，上帝已為自己備好一頭獻牲用的羊羔了。”兩人繼續向前走，到了上帝說的地方，亞拉罕在那兒架起祭壇，擺好了柴禾。他捆起兒子以撒，把他放在柴火上面的祭壇上，然后人伸手拔刀正要殺他的兒子。但天主的使臣從天上向他喊道：“亞伯拉罕，亞伯拉罕。”他回答道：“我在這里。”天主有使臣說：“不要動手殺這孩子，不要碰他，現在我知道了你真是虔敬上帝的人。你滑有拒絕把你唯一的兒子獻給我。”亞伯拉罕抬頭一看，他見到一頭公羊，雙角纏在灌木叢中。他就走過去抓住這公羊，把它代替了兒子做供品獻給上帝。然后，天主有使臣又從天上向亞伯拉罕喊道：“這是天主原旨意：由于你這樣做了，沒有拒絕把唯一的兒子獻給我，我自己立誓要賜洪福于你，使你的后代十分繁榮興旺，多到和天空中的星辰及海灘上的沙粒一樣數不清。你的后人會占奪他們敵人的城市。世上所有國家都要祈禱象你的后裔那樣得到保佑。這都是因為你聽從了我的話。”

　　亞伯拉罕回到他的隨從那里，他們一坡返回別是巴，并在那里住下來。

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