7 Uqokele wathi: “Ibingubani kakade obenokuthi kuAbraham ndiza kuba ngumdlezana owanyisayo? Naku ke kodwa ndizele umntwana wakhe, eyinkothovu yexhego enjalo!”
8 Lwakhula usana lwada lwalunyulwa. Wenza elikhulu lona itheko uAbraham ukulunyulwa kwaloo mntwana.
9 Ngaminazana ithile uSara wabona umntakaHagare umJiputakazi, lowa uHagare wamfumana kuAbraham, edlala ngoIsake.
10 Waya kuthi kuAbraham: “Wethu, sikhuphele ngaphandle esi sicakazana kunye nomntwana waso. Andiyi kuyivumela yona into yokuba lo mntwana wesi sicakazana sahlulelane ngelifa kunye noIsake umntwana wam!”
11 Le nto yamkhathaza gqitha uAbraham, kuba noIshmayeli lowo wayengumntwana wakhe.
12 Wavakala esithi uThixo kuye: “Hayi, sukuzikhathaza ngenxa yalo mntwana nesicakazana sakho. Yenza loo nto ithethwa nguSara wena, kuba kaloku abazukulwana bakho boba yinzala kaIsake.
13 Ewe, nonyana wesicakazana lo uya kuzala isizwe esikhulu, kuba kaloku naye ngumntwana wakho ncam.”