Genesis 16
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1Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar.1Now Abram's wife Sarai had not borne a child for him. She had an Egyptian servant girl whose name was Hagar.
2And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.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,
3So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife.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.
4And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress.4He had sex with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When she realized that she was pregnant, she looked with contempt on her mistress.
5And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me!”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!"
6But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your servant is in your power; do to her as you please.” Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her.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.
7The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.7The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the desert on the road to Shur.
8And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai.”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."
9The angel of the LORD said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her.”9The angel of the LORD told her, "You must go back to your mistress and submit to her authority."
10The angel of the LORD also said to her, “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.”10The angel of the LORD also told her, "I will greatly multiply your offspring, who will be too many to count.
11And the angel of the LORD said to her, “Behold, you are pregnant and shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has listened to your affliction.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.
12He shall be a wild donkey of a man, his hand against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.”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."
13So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,” for she said, “Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.”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."
14Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.14That's why the spring was called, "The Well of the Living One who Looks after Me." It was between Kadesh and Bered.
15And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.15Hagar eventually gave birth to Abram's son. Abram named his son whom Hagar bore Ishmael.
16Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.16Abram was 86 years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael for Abram.
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