Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children; and she had a
handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 2 And Sarai said to
Abram, “Behold now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing.
I pray you, go in to my maid. It may be that I may obtain children by her.”
And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai. 3 And
Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt
ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his
wife. 4 And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived.
And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was
despised in her eyes. 5 And Sarai said to Abram, “My wrong be
upon you. I have given my maid into your bosom; and when she saw that she had
conceived, I was despised in her eyes. The LORD judges between me and you.”
6 But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your
maid is in your hand. Do to her as it pleases you.” And when Sarai dealt hard
with her, she fled from her face.
7 And The Angel Of The LORD found her by a fountain of water
in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur. 8 And He
said,
“Hagar, Sarai’s maid, from where did you come? And where will you go?”
And she said, “I am fleeing from the face of my mistress
Sarai.”
9 And The Angel Of The LORD said to her,
“Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under
her hands.”
10 And The Angel Of The LORD said to her,
“I will multiply your seed exceedingly, that it will
not be numbered for multitude.”
11 And The Angel Of The LORD said to her,
“Behold, you are with child,
and will bear a son
and will call his name Ishmael
because the LORD has heard your
affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man.
His hand will be against every man,
and every man’s hand against him;
and he will dwell in the presence
of all his brothers.”
13 And she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me.” For she said, “Have I also looked upon Him here that
sees me?” 14 Therefore, the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold,
it is between Kadesh and Bered.
15 And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram
called his son’s name, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. 16 And Abram
was fourscore and six (86) years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
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Genesis 16
The King Version (KING)
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