16:1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar;
16:2 so she said to Abram, “The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her.” Abram agreed to what Sarai said.
16:3 So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife.
16:4 He slept with Hagar, and she conceived. When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
16:5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my servant in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the LORD judge between you and me.”
16:6 “Your servant is in your hands,” Abram said. “Do with her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai mistreated Hagar; so she fled from her.
16:7 The angel of the LORD found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur.
16:8 And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.
16:9 Then the angel of the LORD told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.”
16:10 The angel added, “I will so increase your descendants that they will be too numerous to count.”
16:11 The angel of the LORD also said to her: “You are now with child and you will have a son. You shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard of your misery.
16:12 He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
16:13 She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.”
16:14 That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; it is still there, between Kadesh and Bered.
16:15 So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
16:16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael.
16:1 Now Sarai, Abram s wife, bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian female servant, whose name was Hagar.
16:2 And Sarai said to Abram, Because Jehovah has prevented me from bearing, please go in to my female servant; perhaps I will have children through her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
16:3 So after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her female servant, and gave her to Abram her husband to be a wife.
16:4 And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
16:5 And Sarai said to Abram, May the wrong done to me be upon you. I gave my female servant into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. May Jehovah judge between me and you.
16:6 And Abram said to Sarai, Your female servant is now in your hand; do to her what is good in your eyes. So Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from before her.
16:7 And the Angel of Jehovah found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.
16:8 And He said, Hagar, Sarai s female servant, where did you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am fleeing from before my mistress Sarai.
16:9 And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.
16:10 And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, I will greatly multiply your seed, so that it will not be counted for multitude.
16:11 And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, You have now conceived / And will bear a son, / And you shall call his name Ishmael, / Because Jehovah has heard of your affliction.
16:12 And he will be a wild ass of a man; / His hand will be against everyone, / And everyone s hand, against him; / And he will settle down opposite all his brothers.
16:13 And she called the name of Jehovah who spoke to her, You are a God who reveals Himself, for she said, Do I even remain here after He has revealed Himself to me?
16:14 Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; there it is, between Kadesh and Bered.
16:15 And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
16:16 And Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.