Genesis 16 — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 01_Genesis_16

Attribution: Genesis 16 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 01_Genesis_16, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.

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ref	L0 witness	L1 Cairene	L2 Kemetic	English
16:1	ⲥⲁⲣⲁ ⲇⲉ ⲧⲉⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲛⲁⲃⲣⲁⲙ ⲙⲡⲉⲥϫⲡⲉϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛⲉⲩⲛⲧⲥⲟⲩϩⲙϩⲁⲗ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲣⲙⲛⲕⲏⲙⲉ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲣⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲁⲅⲁⲣ	ⲥⲁⲣⲁ ⲇⲉ ⲧ̀ⲥ̀ϩⲓⲙⲓ ⲛⲁⲃⲣⲁⲙ ⲙ̀ⲡⲉⲥϫⲡⲉϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛⲁⲩⲛⲧⲥⲟⲩⲃⲱⲕ ⲇⲉ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲉ̀ⲡⲉⲥⲣⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲁⲅⲁⲣ	sara ḋe t̀s̀·himi nabram m̀pesgpeṡyri naf navntsouvōk ḋe ǹremnkymi èpesran pe aġar	And Sara the wife of Abram bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian maid, whose name was Agar.
16:2	ⲡⲉϫⲉⲥⲁⲣⲁ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲁⲃⲣⲁⲙ ϩⲣⲁⲓ ϩⲙⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲛⲭⲁⲛⲁⲁⲛ ϫⲉⲉⲓⲥϩⲏⲏⲧⲉ ⲁⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϣⲧⲁⲙ ⲉⲣⲱⲓ ⲉⲧⲙⲧⲣⲁⲙⲓⲥⲉ ⲃⲱⲕ ϭⲉ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ϣⲁⲧⲁϩⲙϩⲁⲗ ϫⲉⲉⲕⲉϫⲡⲉϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛϩⲏⲧⲥ ⲁⲁⲃⲣⲁⲙ ⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲛⲥⲁⲡⲉϩⲣⲁⲩ ⲛⲥⲁⲣⲁ	ⲡⲉϫⲉⲥⲁⲣⲁ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲁⲃⲣⲁⲙ ϩⲣⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡ̀ⲕⲁϩⲓ ⲛ̀ⲭⲁⲛⲁⲁⲛ ϫⲉ ⲓⲥϩⲏⲡⲡⲉ ⲁ ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ϣⲑⲁⲙ ⲉⲣⲱⲓ ⲉ̀ϣⲧⲉⲙⲑⲣⲁⲙⲓⲥⲓ ⲃⲱⲕ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ̀ϧⲟⲩⲛ ϣⲁ ⲧⲁⲃⲱⲕ ϫⲉ ⲉⲕⲉ̀ϫⲡⲉϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̀ϧⲏⲧⲥ ⲁⲁⲃⲣⲁⲙ ⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲛ̀ⲥⲁ ⲡ̀ϩⲣⲁⲩ ⲛ̀ⲥⲁⲣⲁ	pejesara ḋe nabram hrai xen p̀kahi ǹxanaan je is·hyppe a p̀ċois ṡθam erōi èṡtemθramisi vōk oun èxoun ṡa tavōk je ekègpeṡyri èvol ǹxyts aabram sōtem ǹsa p̀hrav ǹsara	And Sara said to Abram, Behold, the Lord has restrained me from bearing, go therefore in to my maid, that I may get children for myself through her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sara.
16:3	ⲥⲁⲣⲁ ⲇⲉ ⲧⲉⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲛⲁⲃⲣⲁⲙ ⲁⲥϫⲓ ⲛⲁⲅⲁⲣ ⲧⲉⲥϩⲙϩⲁⲗ ⲛⲣⲙⲛⲕⲏⲙⲉ ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲁⲙⲏⲧⲉ ⲛⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ ϫⲓⲛⲧⲁⲥⲟⲩⲱϩ ⲙⲛⲁⲃⲣⲁⲙ ϩⲣⲁⲓ ϩⲙⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲛⲭⲁⲛⲁⲁⲛ ⲁⲥϯ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲃⲣⲁⲙ ⲡⲉⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ	ⲥⲁⲣⲁ ⲇⲉ ⲧ̀ⲥ̀ϩⲓⲙⲓ ⲛⲁⲃⲣⲁⲙ ⲁⲥϭⲓ ⲛⲁⲅⲁⲣ ⲧⲉⲥⲃⲱⲕ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲁⲙⲏϯ ⲛ̀ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ ϭⲓⲛⲧⲁⲥⲟⲩⲱϩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲙ ϩⲣⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡ̀ⲕⲁϩⲓ ⲛ̀ⲭⲁⲛⲁⲁⲛ ⲁⲥϯ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲃⲣⲁⲙ ⲡ̀ⲥ̀ϧⲁⲓ ⲛ̀ⲥϩⲓⲙⲓ	sara ḋe t̀s̀·himi nabram asċi naġar tesvōk ǹremnkymi menensamyti ǹrompi ċintasouōh nem abram hrai xen p̀kahi ǹxanaan asti m̀mos nabram p̀·s̀xai ǹs·himi	So Sara the wife of Abram having taken Agar the Egyptian her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Chanaan, gave her to Abram her husband as a wife to him.
16:4	ⲁϥⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ϣⲁⲁⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲥⲱⲱ ⲁⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲇⲉ ϫⲉⲁⲥⲱⲱ ⲁⲥⲥⲱϣ ⲙⲡⲉⲥⲙⲧⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ	ⲁϥⲃⲱⲕ ⲉ̀ϧⲟⲩⲛ ϣⲁ ⲁⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲥⲱⲱ ⲁⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲇⲉ ϫⲉ ⲁⲥⲱⲱ ⲁⲥⲥⲱϣ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉⲥⲙ̀ⲑⲟ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ	afvōk èxoun ṡa aġar asōō asnav ḋe je asōō assōṡ ǹpesm̀θo èvol	And he went in to Agar, and she conceived, and saw that she was with child, and her mistress was dishonoured before her.
16:5	ⲡⲉϫⲉⲥⲁⲣⲁ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲁⲃⲣⲁⲙ ϫⲉϯϫⲏⲩ ⲛϭⲟⲛⲥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲙⲟⲕ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲁⲓϯ ⲛⲧⲁϩⲙϩⲁⲗ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲟⲧⲕ ⲁⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲧⲉ ϫⲉⲁⲥⲱ ⲁⲓⲥⲱϣ ⲙⲡⲉⲥⲙⲡⲧⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲃⲉⲕⲣⲓⲛⲉ ϩⲛⲧⲁⲙⲏⲧⲉ ⲙⲛⲧⲕⲙⲏⲧⲉ	ⲡⲉϫⲉⲥⲁⲣⲁ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲁⲃⲣⲁⲙ ϫⲉ ϯϫⲏⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ϫⲟⲛⲥ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲙⲟⲕ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲁⲓϯ ⲛ̀ⲧⲁⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲟⲧⲕ ⲁⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲓ̀ ϫⲉ ⲁⲥⲱ ⲁⲓⲥⲱϣ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉⲥⲙⲡⲧⲟⲓ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲫ̀ⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲉⲃⲉⲕⲣⲓⲛⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲁⲙⲏϯ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲧⲉⲕⲙⲏϯ	pejesara ḋe nabram je tijyou ǹgons èvol emok anok aiti ǹtavōk ehrai etotk asnav ì je asō aisōṡ ǹpesmptoi èvol f̀nouti evekrine xen tamyti nem tekmyti	And Sara said to Abram, I am injured by thee; I gave my handmaid into thy bosom, and when I saw that she was with child, I was dishonoured before her. The Lord judge between me and thee.
16:6	ⲡⲉϫⲉⲁⲃⲣⲁⲙ ⲧⲉ ⲛⲥⲁⲣⲁ ϫⲉⲉⲓⲥⲧⲟⲩϩⲙϩⲁⲗ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ϩⲛⲧⲟⲩϭⲓϫ ⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲛⲁⲥ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲣⲉⲛⲉ ⲁⲥⲁⲣⲁ ⲙⲟⲩⲕϩ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲥⲡⲱⲧ ⲙⲡⲥⲙⲡⲧⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ	ⲡⲉϫⲉⲁⲃⲣⲁⲙ ⲧⲉ ⲛ̀ⲥⲁⲣⲁ ϫⲉ ⲓⲥⲧⲉⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲉϫⲓϫ ⲓ̀ⲣⲓ ⲛⲁⲥ ⲛ̀ⲫ̀ⲣⲏϯ ⲉ̀ⲧⲉ ⲛⲁ ⲁⲥⲁⲣⲁ ⲙⲟⲩⲕϩ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲥⲫⲱⲧ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲥⲙⲡⲧⲟⲓ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ	pejeabram te ǹsara je istevōk ehrai xen tejig ìri nas ǹf̀ryti ète na asara mouk·h m̀mos ouoh asfōt ǹp̀·smptoi èvol	And Abram said to Sara, Behold thy handmaid is in thy hands, use her as it may seem good to thee. And Sara afflicted her, and she fled from her face.
16:7	ⲁϥϩⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲛϭⲓⲡⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉϫⲛⲧⲡⲏⲅⲏ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ϩⲛⲧⲉⲣⲏⲙⲟⲥ ϩⲓϫⲛⲡⲕⲁϩ ϩⲓⲧϩⲓⲏ ⲛⲥⲟⲩⲣ	ⲁϥϩⲉⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ϫⲉ ⲡ̀ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ̀ϫⲉⲛ ⲧ̀ⲡⲏⲅⲏ ⲙ̀ⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧ̀ⲉⲣⲏⲙⲟⲥ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲡ̀ⲕⲁϩⲓ ϩⲓ ⲫ̀ⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲛ̀ⲥⲟⲩⲣ	afhei ḋe èros ǹje p̀angelos ǹp̀ċois ehrai èjen t̀pygy m̀mōou ehrai xen t̀erymos hijen p̀kahi hi f̀mōit ǹsour	And an angel of the Lord found her by the fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Sur.
16:8	ⲡⲉϫⲉⲡⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ [...]	ⲡⲉϫⲉⲡⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ […]	pejepangelos ǹp̀ċois […]	And the angel of the Lord said to her, Agar, Sara's maid, whence comest thou, and wither goest thou? and she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sara.
16:9	[...]	[...]	[...]

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title: Genesis 16
dialect: sahidic
source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 01_Genesis_16
licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Genesis 16 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 01_Genesis_16, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation: segmentation automatic · tagging automatic · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.1.0, 2025-06-30)
file: Bible/Old Testament/Genesis/16.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
title: Genesis 16 — Cairene
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 16.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 01_Genesis_16)
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Genesis 16 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 01_Genesis_16, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation: segmentation automatic · tagging automatic · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.1.0, 2025-06-30)
generated by: tools/sahidic_to_cairene.py (route D, C3a 2026-09-24; tier b, ROUTE-2 2026-09-26) then tools/cairene.py from_witness dialect=bohairic on the intermediate (L1 = Cairene(N_B(D(N_S(L0)))), RI-038; word division church); Sahidic N stage counts: editorial_lacuna=1 th_resolved=1 tokens=118
file: Bible/Old Testament/Genesis/16.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
title: Genesis 16 — Kemetic
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 16.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Genesis 16 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 01_Genesis_16, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation: segmentation automatic · tagging automatic · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.1.0, 2025-06-30)
generated by: tools/coptic_to_kemetic.py convert() on the L1 text (letter rules of DECISIONS.md 2026-09-08)
file: Bible/Old Testament/Genesis/16.sahidic.scriptorium.L2.txt
what it is: DRAFT English. Not a published translation: `existing` rows quote an aligned translation named in `basis`; `llm` rows are a language-model best guess from the dictionary gloss and context (Yousef asked for them, 2026-09-27; to be corrected later); check the source text before relying on any of it.
lines: 8 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 0 model drafts (marked “draft”)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851) — aligned in Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 01_Genesis_16 (8 lines)

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Genesis 16. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 01_Genesis_16. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/genesis/16.sahidic.scriptorium/. Genesis 16 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 01_Genesis_16, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.

What the layers are

L0 witness
The text as its witness or edition has it, original spelling; its dialect is a description and is never standardized.

L0.5 transliteration
For Egyptian texts: the transliteration with the editors' marks turned into the symbols ° * < > _ ^ (ruled 2026-09-10). For papyri: the edition's Leiden marks as the same symbols, and the editors' readings beside the scribe's as ‹scribe→editors› (ruled PAP-3).

L1 Cairene
Standardized Greco-Bohairic spelling and grammar, generated by code from the layer above under the rulings of the project.

L2 Kemetic
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.

English
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.