1Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
2And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing: I pray you, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
3And 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.
4And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress (Sarai) was despised in her eyes.
5And Sarai said to Abram, “The wrong done me be upon you: I have given my maid into your bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and you.”
6But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your hand; do with her as it you please.” And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her face.
7And the Angel of the LORD found Hagar by a fountain of water in the wilderness, along the way to Shur.
8And He said, “Hagar, Sarai's maid, where have you come from? And where are you going?” And she said, “I am fleeing from my mistress, Sarai”.
9And the Angel of the LORD said, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself to her hands”.
10And the Angel of the LORD said to her, “I will multiply your offspring exceedingly, that they shall not be numbered for multitude.”
11And the Angel of the LORD further told her, “Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael; because the LORD has heard your affliction.
12And he (Ishmael) will be a wild man; he will be against every man, and every man shall be against him; and he shall dwell in hostility toward all his brothers.”
13And she called the name of the LORD Who spoke to her, “You are the God Who sees me”; for she said, “I have now seen Him that sees me.”
14Therefore the well was called “Beer-lahai-roi”; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.
15And Hagar bore a son to Abram: and Abram called his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
16And Abram was eighty-six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to him. Easy Reader Bible: Purple Letter Edition © 2023 by Jim Musser. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Bible Hub |
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