Genesis 16
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1Now Abram's wife Sarai had not borne a child for him. She had an Egyptian servant girl whose name was Hagar. 1Now Sarai, Abram's wife had borne him no children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.
2So Sarai told Abram, "You are well aware that the LORD has prevented me from giving birth to a child. Go have sex with my servant, so that I may possibly bear a son through her." Abram listened to Sarai's suggestion, 2So Sarai said to Abram, "Now behold, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go in to my maid; perhaps I will obtain children through her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
3so Abram's wife Sarai took her Egyptian servant, Hagar, and gave her as a wife to her husband Abram. This took place ten years after Abram had settled in the land of Canaan. 3After Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Abram's wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to her husband Abram as his wife.
4He had sex with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When she realized that she was pregnant, she looked with contempt on her mistress.4He went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her sight.
5Then Sarai told Abram, "My suffering is your fault! I gave you my servant so you could have sex with her , and when she discovered that she was pregnant, she looked on me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me!"5And Sarai said to Abram, "May the wrong done me be upon you. I gave my maid into your arms, but when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her sight. May the LORD judge between you and me."
6Abram answered Sarai, "Look, your servant is under your control, so do to her as you wish." So Sarai dealt so harshly with Hagar that she ran away from Sarai. 6But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your power; do to her what is good in your sight." So Sarai treated her harshly, and she fled from her presence.
7The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the desert on the road to Shur. 7Now the angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.
8"Hagar, servant of Sarai," he asked, "Where are you coming from and where are you going?" She answered, "I am running away from my mistress Sarai."8He said, "Hagar, Sarai's maid, where have you come from and where are you going?" And she said, "I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai."
9The angel of the LORD told her, "You must go back to your mistress and submit to her authority." 9Then the angel of the LORD said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself to her authority."
10The angel of the LORD also told her, "I will greatly multiply your offspring, who will be too many to count.10Moreover, the angel of the LORD said to her, "I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count."
11"Look, you are pregnant and will give birth to a son," the angel of the LORD continued to say to her. "You will name him Ishmael, because the LORD has heard your cry of misery. 11The angel of the LORD said to her further, "Behold, you are with child, And you will bear a son; And you shall call his name Ishmael, Because the LORD has given heed to your affliction.
12He'll be a wild donkey of a man. He'll be against everyone, and everyone will be against him. He will live in conflict with all of his relatives."12"He will be a wild donkey of a man, His hand will be against everyone, And everyone's hand will be against him; And he will live to the east of all his brothers."
13So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "You are 'God who sees,' because I have truly seen the one who looks after me."13Then she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "You are a God who sees"; for she said, "Have I even remained alive here after seeing Him?"
14That's why the spring was called, "The Well of the Living One who Looks after Me." It was between Kadesh and Bered.14Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
15Hagar eventually gave birth to Abram's son. Abram named his son whom Hagar bore Ishmael. 15So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
16Abram was 86 years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael for Abram.16Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.
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