<h3>Sarai and Hagar</h3>16 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar. 2 And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. 3 So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife. 4 And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress. 5 And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the Lord judge between you and me!” 6 But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your servant is in your power; do to her as you please.” Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her. 7 The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur. 8 And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai.” 9 The angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her.” 10 The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.” 11 And the angel of the Lord said to her,<poetry>“Behold, you are pregnant <indent>and shall bear a son.</indent> You shall call his name Ishmael, <indent> because the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> has listened to your affliction.</indent> 12 <poetry>He shall be a wild donkey of a man, <indent>his hand against everyone</indent> <indent>and everyone's hand against him,</indent> and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.”</poetry></poetry> 13 So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,” for she said, “Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.” 14 Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered. 15 And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. 16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

Genesis 16:1

<cr>1</cr>Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was <cr>2</cr>Hagar.

And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children<ft>1</ft> by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

Genesis 16:2

So, after Abram <cr>1</cr>had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife.

Genesis 16:3

And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, <cr>1</cr>she looked with contempt on her mistress.<ft>1</ft>

Genesis 16:4

And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May <cr>1</cr>the Lord judge between you and me!”

Genesis 16:5

But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your servant is in your power; do to her as you please.” Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her.

Genesis 16:6

The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to <cr>1</cr>Shur.

Genesis 16:7

And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai.”

Genesis 16:8

The angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her.”

Genesis 16:9

The angel of the Lord also said to her, <cr>1</cr>“I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.”

Genesis 16:10

And the angel of the Lord said to her,<pb/><poetry>“Behold, you are pregnant <indent>and shall bear a son.</indent> You shall call his name Ishmael,<ft>1</ft> <indent><cr>1</cr>because the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> has listened to your affliction.</indent>

Genesis 16:11

He shall be <cr>1</cr>a wild donkey of a man, <indent>his hand against everyone</indent> <indent>and everyone's hand against him,</indent> and he shall dwell <cr>2</cr>over against all his kinsmen.”</poetry>

Genesis 16:12

So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,”<ft>1</ft> for she said, <cr>1</cr>“Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.”<ft>2</ft>

Genesis 16:13

Therefore the well was called <cr>1</cr>Beer-lahai-roi;<ft>1</ft> it lies between <cr>2</cr>Kadesh and Bered.

Genesis 16:14

And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

Genesis 16:15

Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

Genesis 16:16

 1  Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was  Hagar. 2 And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children  by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. 3 So, after Abram  had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife. 4 And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived,  she looked with contempt on her mistress.  5 And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May  the Lord judge between you and me!” 6 But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your servant is in your power; do to her as you please.” Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her. 7 The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to  Shur. 8 And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai.” 9 The angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her.” 10 The angel of the Lord also said to her,  “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.” 11 And the angel of the Lord said to her, “Behold, you are pregnant and shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael,   because the Lord has listened to your affliction.  12 He shall be  a wild donkey of a man, his hand against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he shall dwell  over against all his kinsmen.” 13 So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,”  for she said,  “Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.”  14 Therefore the well was called  Beer-lahai-roi;  it lies between  Kadesh and Bered. 15 And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. 16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

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