| Chapter
16 |
| 1 | Now
Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian,
whose name was Hagar. |
| 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
| 5 | And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be
upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had
conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee. |
| 6 | But Abram said unto Sarai,
Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when
Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. |
| 7 | And the angel of the LORD found her by a
fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. |
| 8 | And he said, Hagar, Sarai's
maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from
the face of my mistress Sarai. |
| 9
| And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and
submit thyself under her hands. |
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10 | And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy
seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. |
| 11 | And the angel of the LORD said unto
her, Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name
Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. |
| 12 | And he will be a wild man; his hand
will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell
in the presence of all his brethren. |
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13 | And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou
God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth
me? |
| 14 | Wherefore the
well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. |
| 15 | And Hagar bare Abram a son:
and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. |
| 16 | And Abram was fourscore and six years
old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. |
