Genesis 16
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1Now Abram's wife Sarai had not borne a child for him. She had an Egyptian servant girl whose name was Hagar. 1Abram's wife Sarai had not borne any children for him, but she owned an Egyptian slave named Hagar.
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, 2Sarai said to Abram, "Since the LORD has prevented me from bearing children, go to my slave; perhaps through her I can build a family." And Abram agreed to what Sarai said.
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. 3So Abram's wife Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian slave, and gave her to her husband Abram as a wife for him. This happened after Abram had lived in the land of Canaan 10 years.
4He had sex with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When she realized that she was pregnant, she looked with contempt on her mistress.4He slept with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When she realized that she was pregnant, she treated her mistress with contempt.
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!"5Then Sarai said to Abram, "You are responsible for my suffering! I put my slave in your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between me and you."
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. 6Abram replied to Sarai, "Here, your slave is in your hands; do whatever you want with her." Then Sarai mistreated her so much that she ran away from her.
7The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the desert on the road to Shur. 7The Angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.
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."8He said, "Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?" She replied, "I'm running away from my mistress Sarai."
9The angel of the LORD told her, "You must go back to your mistress and submit to her authority." 9Then the Angel of the LORD said to her, "You must go back to your mistress and submit to her mistreatment."
10The angel of the LORD also told her, "I will greatly multiply your offspring, who will be too many to count.10The Angel of the LORD also said to her, "I will greatly multiply your offspring, and they will be too many to count."
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. 11Then the Angel of the LORD said to her: You have conceived and will have a son. You will name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.
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."12This man will be like a wild donkey. His hand will be against everyone, and everyone's hand will be against him; he will live at odds with all his brothers.
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."13So she called the LORD who spoke to her: The God Who Sees, for she said, "In this place, have I actually seen the One who sees me?"
14That's why the spring was called, "The Well of the Living One who Looks after Me." It was between Kadesh and Bered.14That is why she named the spring, "A Well of the Living One Who Sees Me." It is located between Kadesh and Bered.
15Hagar eventually gave birth to Abram's son. Abram named his son whom Hagar bore Ishmael. 15So Hagar gave birth to Abram's son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son Hagar had.
16Abram was 86 years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael for Abram.16Abram was 86 years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.
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