| Gen. 16:1 |
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian female servant, whose name was Hagar. |
| Gen. 16:2 |
And Sarai said to Abram, Because Jehovah has prevented me from bearing, please go in to my female servant; perhaps I will have children through her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. |
| Gen. 16:3 |
So after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her female servant, and gave her to Abram her husband to be a wife. |
| Gen. 16:4 |
And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. |
| Gen. 16:5 |
And Sarai said to Abram, May the wrong [done] to me be upon you. I gave my female servant into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. May Jehovah judge between me and you. |
| Gen. 16:6 |
And Abram said to Sarai, Your female servant is now in your hand; do to her what is good in your eyes. So Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from before her. |
| Gen. 16:7 |
And the Angel of Jehovah found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. |
| Gen. 16:8 |
And He said, Hagar, Sarai's female servant, where did you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am fleeing from before my mistress Sarai. |
| Gen. 16:9 |
And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands. |
| Gen. 16:10 |
And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, I will greatly multiply your seed, so that it will not be counted for multitude. |
| Gen. 16:11 |
And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, You have now conceived / And will bear a son, / And you shall call his name Ishmael, / Because Jehovah has heard of your affliction. |
| Gen. 16:12 |
And he will be a wild ass of a man; / His hand will be against everyone, / And everyone's hand, against him; / And he will settle down opposite all his brothers. |
| Gen. 16:13 |
And she called the name of Jehovah who spoke to her, You are a God who reveals Himself, for she said, Do I even remain here after He has revealed Himself to me? |
| Gen. 16:14 |
Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; there it is, between Kadesh and Bered. |
| Gen. 16:15 |
And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. |
| Gen. 16:16 |
And Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram. |