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1 Now
Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore
him no children.
She had a
servant, an
Egyptian, whose
name was Hagar.
2 Sarai
said to Abram, “See
now, the LORD
has restrained me
from bearing.
Please go in
to my servant.
It may be
that I will
obtain children by
her.” Abram listened
to the voice
of Sarai.
3 Sarai, Abram’s
wife, took Hagar
the Egyptian, her
servant, after Abram
had lived ten
years in the land
of Canaan, and
gave her to Abram
her husband to be
his wife.
4 He
went in to
Hagar, and she
conceived. When
she saw that
she had conceived,
her mistress was
despised in her
eyes.
5 Sarai said
to Abram, “This
wrong is
your fault. I gave
my servant into
your bosom, and
when she saw
that she had
conceived, she
despised me. May
the LORD judge
between me and
you.”
6 But Abram said
to Sarai, “Behold,
your maid is
in your hand.
Do to her
whatever is good
in your eyes.”
Sarai dealt
harshly with her,
and she fled
from her face.
7 The
LORD’s angel found
her by a
fountain of water
in the wilderness,
by the fountain
on the way
to Shur.
8 He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant,
where did you come
from? Where are
you going?”
She said, “I am
fleeing from the
face of my
mistress Sarai.”
9 The
LORD’s angel said
to her, “Return
to your mistress,
and submit
yourself under her
hands.”
10 The
LORD’s angel said
to her, “I
will greatly
multiply your
offspring, that
they will not
be counted for
multitude.”
11 The
LORD’s angel said
to her, “Behold,
you are with
child, and will
bear a son.
You shall call
his name Ishmael,
because the LORD
has heard your
affliction.
12 He
will be like
a wild donkey
among men. His
hand will be
against every man,
and every man’s
hand against him.
He will live
opposed to all
of his brothers.”
13 She
called the name
of the LORD
who spoke to
her, “You are
a God who
sees,” for she
said, “Have I
even stayed alive
after seeing him?”
14 Therefore
the well was
called Beer Lahai Roi.
Behold, it is
between Kadesh and
Bered.
15 Hagar
bore a son
for Abram. Abram called
the name of
his son, whom
Hagar bore,
Ishmael.
16 Abram was
eighty-six years
old when Hagar
bore Ishmael
to Abram.