UAbraham noSara babesele benexesha elide betshatile. Babeshiye umzi wabo omhle eUre, yaye ngoku babehlala ezintenteni. Kodwa uSara wayengakhalazi kuba wayemthembile uYehova.

USara wayemfuna nyhani umntwana, wada wathi kuAbraham: ‘Ukuba nje isicakakazi sam uHagare singanomntwana, kungafana nokuba ngowam.’ Ekuhambeni kwexesha, uHagare waba nonyana. Igama lakhe yayinguIshmayeli.

Kwathi sekudlule iminyaka emininzi, uAbraham ena-99 noSara ena-89, bafikelwa ziindwendwe ezintathu. UAbraham wathi maziphumle phantsi komthi zize zitye kunye naye. Uyazazi ukuba zazingoobani ezo ndwendwe? Ziingelosi! Zathi kuAbraham: ‘Kulo nyaka uzayo, wena nomfazi wakho niza kuba nonyana.’ USara wayemamele esententeni. Wasuka wahleka ecinga oku: ‘Ndimdala kangaka ndinganomntwana?’

 Nyhani ke uSara wazala unyana kanye ngaloo nyaka yayimthembise ngawo ingelosi. UAbraham wamthiya igama elinguIsake, elithetha ‘Ukuhleka.’

Xa uIsake wayeneminyaka ephantse ibe yi-5, uSara wabona uIshmayeli emntlonta. Yayimkhathaza le nto, ngoko wathi kuAbraham makamgxothe uHagare noIshmayeli. UAbraham waqala akavuma. Kodwa uYehova wathi kuAbraham: ‘Mmamele uSara. Ndiza kumhoya uIshmayeli. Kodwa izithembiso zam ndiza kuzenza ngoIsake.’