| 16:1 |
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she
had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. |
| 16:2 |
And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath
restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my
maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And
Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. |
| 16:3 |
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. |
| 16:4 |
And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and
when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was
despised in her eyes. |
| 16:5 |
And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I
have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that
she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD
judge between me and thee. |
| 16:6 |
But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy
hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt
hardly with her, she fled from her face. |
| 16:7 |
And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of
water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to
Shur. |
| 16:8 |
And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou?
and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the
face of my mistress Sarai. |
| 16:9 |
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to
thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. |
| 16:10 |
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will
multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be
numbered for multitude. |
| 16:11 |
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou
art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his
name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. |
| 16:12 |
And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against
every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall
dwell in the presence of all his brethren. |
| 16:13 |
And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto
her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here
looked after him that seeth me? |
| 16:14 |
Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold,
it is between Kadesh and Bered. |
| 16:15 |
And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his
son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. |
| 16:16 |
And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar
bare Ishmael to Abram. |