Genesis 16:1-10 ▼

1 And Sarai the wife of Abram has not borne to him, and she had a maidservant, an Egyptianess, and her name was Hagar.

2 And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, YHWH has restrained me from bearing children. Go in, please, to my maidservant; perhaps I shall be built up from her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

3 And Sarai, wife of Abram, took Hagar the Egyptianess, her maidservant, after ten years of Abram dwelling in the land of Canaan, and she gave her to Abram, her husband, for a wife.

4 And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And she saw that she had conceived, and her mistress became despised in her eyes.

5 And Sarai said to Abram, “My wrong be upon you. I gave my maidservant into your bosom, and she saw that she had conceived, and I became despised in her eyes. May YHWH judge between me and between you.”

6 And Abram said to Sarai, “Indeed, your maidservant is in your hand. Do to her what is good in your eyes.” And Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her presence.

7 And the angel of YHWH found her by the spring of waters in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.

8 And He said, “Hagar, maidservant of Sarai, from where is this that you have come, and where are you going?” And she said, “From the presence of Sarai my mistress I am fleeing.”

9 And the angel of YHWH said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit yourself under her hand.”

10 And the angel of YHWH said to her, “I will greatly multiply your seed, and it shall not be counted for multitude.”