11 Leli zwi lalilibi kakhulu emehlweni ka-Abrahama ngenxa yendodana yakhe.
12 UNkulunkulu wathi ku-Abrahama: “Akungabi lukhuni emehlweni akho ngenxa yomfana nangenxa yesigqilakazi sakho; kukho konke uSara akusho kuwe, lalela izwi lakhe, ngokuba inzalo yakho iyakubizwa ngo-Isaka.
13 Nayo indodana yesigqilakazi ngiyakuyenza isizwe, ngokuba iyinzalo yakho.”
14 U-Abrahama wavuka ekuseni, wathatha isinkwa nemvaba yamanzi, wakunika uHagari ekubeka ehlombe lakhe kanye nomntwana, wammukisa; wahamba, wazulazula ehlane laseBeri Sheba.
15 Amanzi esephelile emvabeni, waphonsa umntwana phansi kwesihlahla.
16 Waya wahlala phansi kukhashana phambi kwakhe, kungathi ibanga lokuphonsa umcibisholo, ngokuba wathi: “Ngingebone ukufa komntwana.” Wahlala phambi kwakhe, waphakamisa izwi lakhe, wakhala.
17 UNkulunkulu wezwa izwi lomfana. Ingelosi kaNkulunkulu yamemeza kuHagari isezulwini, yathi kuye: “Kuyini, Hagari? Ungesabi, ngokuba uNkulunkulu ulizwile izwi lomntwana, lapho ekhona.