| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Abram's wife Sarai had not borne any children for him, but she owned an Egyptian slave named Hagar. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Sarai said to Abram, "Since the LORD has prevented me from bearing children, go to my slave; perhaps through her I can build a family." And Abram agreed to what Sarai said. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3So Abram's wife Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian slave, and gave her to her husband Abram as a wife for him. This happened after Abram had lived in the land of Canaan 10 years. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4He slept with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When she realized that she was pregnant, she treated her mistress with contempt. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Then Sarai said to Abram, "You are responsible for my suffering! I put my slave in your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between me and you." |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Abram replied to Sarai, "Here, your slave is in your hands; do whatever you want with her." Then Sarai mistreated her so much that she ran away from her. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7The Angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8He said, "Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?" She replied, "I'm running away from my mistress Sarai." |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Then the Angel of the LORD said to her, "You must go back to your mistress and submit to her mistreatment." |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10The Angel of the LORD also said to her, "I will greatly multiply your offspring, and they will be too many to count." |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Then the Angel of the LORD said to her: You have conceived and will have a son. You will name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12This man will be like a wild donkey. His hand will be against everyone, and everyone's hand will be against him; he will live at odds with all his brothers. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13So she called the LORD who spoke to her: The God Who Sees, for she said, "In this place, have I actually seen the One who sees me?" |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14That is why she named the spring, "A Well of the Living One Who Sees Me." It is located between Kadesh and Bered. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15So Hagar gave birth to Abram's son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son Hagar had. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Abram was 86 years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him. |
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