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. 1Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant 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, 2So Sarai said to Abram, "Since the LORD has prevented me from having children, have sexual relations with my servant. Perhaps I can have a family by her." Abram did what Sarai told him.
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 after Abram had lived in Canaan for ten years, Sarai, Abram's wife, gave Hagar, her Egyptian servant, to her husband to be his wife.
4He had sex with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When she realized that she was pregnant, she looked with contempt on her mistress.4He had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. Once Hagar realized she was pregnant, she despised Sarai.
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 have brought this wrong on me! I allowed my servant to have sexual relations with you, but when she realized that she was pregnant, she despised me. May the LORD judge between you and me!"
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 said to Sarai, "Since your servant is under your authority, do to her whatever you think best." Then Sarai treated Hagar harshly, so she ran away from Sarai.
7The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the desert on the road to Shur. 7The LORD's angel found Hagar near a spring of water in the desert--the spring that is along the road 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, servant 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 LORD's angel said to her, "Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.
10The angel of the LORD also told her, "I will greatly multiply your offspring, who will be too many to count.10I will greatly multiply your descendants," the LORD's angel added, "so that they will be too numerous 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 LORD's angel said to her, "You are now pregnant and are about to give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your painful groans.
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."12He will be a wild donkey of a man. He will be hostile to everyone, and everyone will be hostile to him. He will live away from 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 Hagar named the LORD who spoke to her, "You are the God who sees me," for she said, "Here I have seen 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 the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. (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, whom Abram named Ishmael.
16Abram was 86 years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael for Abram.16(Now Abram was 86 years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.)
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