Genesis 16:1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar;

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar;

English Standard Version
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar.

New American Standard Bible
Now Sarai, Abram's wife had borne him no children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

King James Bible
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Abram's wife Sarai had not borne any children for him, but she owned an Egyptian slave named Hagar.

International Standard Version
Now Abram's wife Sarai had not borne a child for him. She had an Egyptian servant girl whose name was Hagar.

American Standard Version
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now Sarai the wife of Abram, had brought forth no children; having a handmaid, an Egyptian, named Agar,

Darby Bible Translation
And Sarai Abram's wife did not bear him children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant; and her name was Hagar.

Young's Literal Translation
And Sarai, Abram's wife, hath not borne to him, and she hath an handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name is Hagar;

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

16:1-3 Sarai, no longer expecting to have children herself, proposed to Abram to take another wife, whose children she might; her slave, whose children would be her property. This was done without asking counsel of the Lord. Unbelief worked, God's almighty power was forgotten. It was a bad example, and a source of manifold uneasiness. In every relation and situation in life there is some cross for us to bear: much of the exercise of faith consists in patiently submitting, in waiting the Lord's time, and using only those means which he appoints for the removal of the cross. Foul temptations may have very fair pretences, and be coloured with that which is very plausible. Fleshly wisdom puts us out of God's way. This would not be the case, if we would ask counsel of God by his word and by prayer, before we attempt that which is doubtful.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

CHAPTER 16

Ge 16:1-16. Bestowment of Hagar.

1. Now, Sarai … had a handmaid—a female slave—one of those obtained in Egypt.