Genesis 16
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1Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.1Abram's wife Sarai had not borne any children for him, but she owned an Egyptian slave named Hagar.
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. 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 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.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 sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. Once Hagar realized she was pregnant, she despised Sarai.4He slept with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When she realized that she was pregnant, she treated her mistress with contempt.
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!" 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 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. 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 LORD's angel found Hagar near a spring of water in the desert--the spring that is along 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.
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." 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."
9Then the LORD's angel said to her, "Return 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."
10I will greatly multiply your descendants," the LORD's angel added, "so that they will be too numerous 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."
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. 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 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." 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 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!"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 is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. (It is located 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.
15So Hagar gave birth to Abram's son, whom Abram named Ishmael.15So Hagar gave birth to Abram's son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son Hagar had.
16(Now Abram was 86 years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.) 16Abram was 86 years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.
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