GE-16:1  Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she

had an

handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name [was] Hagar.

GE-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.

GE-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.

GE-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.

GE-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.

GE-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.

GE-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.

GE-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.

GE-16:9  And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy

mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

GE-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.

GE-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.

GE-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.

GE-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?

GE-16:14  Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold,

[it is]

between Kadesh and Bered.

GE-16:15  And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's

name,

which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

GE-16:16  And Abram [was] fourscore and six years old, when

Hagar bare

Ishmael to Abram.



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