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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