Genesis 16:1
Strong's Lexicon
Now Abram’s
אַבְרָ֔ם (’aḇ·rām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 87: Abram = 'exalted father' 1) original name of Abraham

wife
אֵ֣שֶׁת (’ê·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 802: 1) woman, wife, female 1a) woman (opposite of man) 1b) wife (woman married to a man) 1c) female (of animals) 1d) each, every (pronoun)

Sarai
וְשָׂרַי֙ (wə·śā·ray)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8297: Sarai = 'princess' 1) original name of Sarah the wife of Abram or Abraham

had not
לֹ֥א ()
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

borne a child
יָלְדָ֖ה (yā·lə·ḏāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bear, bring forth 1a1a) of child birth 1a1b) of distress (simile) 1a1c) of wicked (behaviour) 1a2) to beget 1b) (Niphal) to be born 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth 1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife 1c3) midwife (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be born 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to beget (a child) 1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity) 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive) 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

to him,
ל֑וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew :

but
וְלָ֛הּ (wə·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew :

she had an Egyptian
מִצְרִ֖ית (miṣ·rîṯ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4713: Egyptian = see Egypte 'double straits' 1) Egyptian-an inhabitant or citizen of Egypt 1a) an Egyptian 1b) the Egyptian

maidservant
שִׁפְחָ֥ה (šip̄·ḥāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8198: 1) maid, maid-servant, slavegirl 1a) maid, maid-servant (as belonging to a mistress) 1b) of address, speaker, humility (fig)

named
וּשְׁמָ֥הּ (ū·šə·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8034: 1) name 1a) name 1b) reputation, fame, glory 1c) the Name (as designation of God) 1d) memorial, monument

Hagar.
הָגָֽר׃ (hā·ḡār)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1904: Hagar = 'flight' 1) Sarah's Egyptian slave girl, Abraham's concubine, Ishmael's mother

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.

Young's Literal Translation
And Sarai, Abram’s wife, hath not borne to him, and she hath an handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name [is] Hagar;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Abram’s wife Sarai had not borne any children for him, but she owned an Egyptian slave named Hagar.

New American Standard Bible
Now Sarai, Abram's wife had borne him no [children], and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

King James Bible
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name [was] Hagar.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar;

New Living Translation
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not been able to bear children for him. But she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.

English Standard Version
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar.

New American Standard Bible
Now Sarai, Abram's wife had borne him no children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

King James Bible
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Abram's wife Sarai had not borne any children for him, but she owned an Egyptian slave named Hagar.

International Standard Version
Now Abram's wife Sarai had not borne a child for him. She had an Egyptian servant girl whose name was Hagar.

NET Bible
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.

American Standard Version
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

English Revised Version
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Young's Literal Translation
And Sarai, Abram's wife, hath not borne to him, and she hath an handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name is Hagar;
















Cross References
Genesis 11:30
But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Genesis 12:16
And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

Genesis 15:21
And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

Genesis 21:9
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.

1 Samuel 1:5
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 15:20
And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

Genesis 15:19
The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

Genesis 16:2
And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

Genesis 16:3
And 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.

Genesis 16:4
And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
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