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perhaps<MH194> I will <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>obtain<MH1129> children<MH1129> through<MH4480> her.” And Abram<MH87> listened<MH8085> to the voice<MH6963> of Sarai<MH8297>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/16-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And <i>so</i> after<MH4480> Abram<MH87> had lived<MH3427> ten<MH6235> years<MH8141> in the land<MH776> of Canaan<MH3667a>, Abram’s<MH87> wife<MH802> Sarai<MH8297> took<MH3947> Hagar<MH1904> the Egyptian<MH4713>, her slave<MH8198> woman<MH8198>, and gave<MH5414> her to her husband<MH376> Abram<MH87> as his wife<MH802>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/16-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then he had<MH935> relations<MH935> with<MH935> Hagar<MH1904>, and she conceived<MH2029>; and when <i>Hagar</i> became<MH7200> aware<MH7200> that she had conceived<MH2029>, her mistress<MH1404> was<MH7043> insignificant<MH7043> in her sight<MH5869>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/16-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So Sarai<MH8297> said<MH559> to Abram<MH87>, “May the wrong<MH2555> done to me be upon you! I put<MH5414> my slave<MH8198> woman<MH8198> into your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>arms<MH2436>, but when she saw<MH7200> that she had conceived<MH2029>, I was<MH7043> insignificant<MH7043> in her <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>sight<MH5869>. May the LORD<MH3068> judge<MH8199> between<MH996> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>you and me.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/16-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But Abram<MH87> said<MH559> to Sarai<MH8297>, “Look<MH2009>, your slave<MH8198> woman<MH8198> is in your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>power<MH3027>; do<MH6213a> to her what<MH2896a> is<MH2896a> good<MH2896a> in your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>sight<MH5869>.” So Sarai<MH8297> treated<MH6031a> her harshly<MH6031a>, and she fled<MH1272> from her presence<MH6440>. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/16-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now the angel<MH4397> of the LORD<MH3068> found<MH4672> her by a spring<MH5871a> of water<MH4325> in the wilderness<MH4057b>, by the spring<MH5871a> on the way<MH1870> to Shur<MH7793>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He said<MH559>, “Hagar<MH1904>, Sarai’s<MH8297> slave<MH8198> woman<MH8198>, from where<MH335, 2088> have you come<MH935>, and where<MH575> are you going<MH1980>?” And she said<MH559>, “I am fleeing<MH1272> from the presence<MH6440> of my mistress<MH1404> Sarai<MH8297>.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So the angel<MH4397> of the LORD<MH3068> said<MH559> to her, “Return<MH7725> to your mistress<MH1404>, and submit<MH6031a> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>to her authority<MH3027>.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The angel<MH4397> of the LORD<MH3068> also said<MH559> to her, “I will greatly<MH7235a> multiply<MH7235a> your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>descendants<MH2233> so that <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>they will be too<MH3808> many<MH7230> to count<MH5608>.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/16-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The angel<MH4397> of the LORD<MH3068> said<MH559> to her further, <p class="indent1stline">“Behold<MH2009>, you are pregnant<MH2030>, <t><p class="indent1">And you will give<MH3205> birth<MH3205> to a son<MH1121>; <t><p class="indent1">And you shall name<MH7121, 8034> him <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[j]</a></span>Ishmael<MH3458>, <t><p class="indent1">Because<MH3588> the LORD<MH3068> has heard<MH8085> your affliction<MH6040a>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/16-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“But he will be a wild<MH6501> donkey<MH6501> of a man<MH120>; <t><p class="indent1">His hand<MH3027> <i>will be</i> against everyone<MH3605>, <t><p class="indent1">And everyone’s<MH3605> hand<MH3027> <i>will be</i> against him; <t><p class="indent1">And he will live<MH7931> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[k]</a></span>in<MH5921, 6440> defiance<MH5921, 6440> of all<MH3605> his brothers<MH251>.” <A><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/16-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then she called<MH7121> the name<MH8034> of the LORD<MH3068> who spoke<MH1696> to her, “<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[l]</a></span>You are <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[m]</a></span>a God<MH410> who<MH7210> sees<MH7200> me”; for she said<MH559>, “Have I even<MH1571> seen<MH7200> <i>Him</i> here<MH1988> <i>and lived</i> after<MH310> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[n]</a></span>He saw<MH7210> me?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/16-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Therefore<MH5921, 3651> the well<MH875> was called<MH7121> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[o]</a></span>Beer-lahai-roi<MH883>; behold<MH2009>, it is between<MH996> Kadesh<MH6946> and Bered<MH1260>. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/16-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So Hagar<MH1904> bore<MH3205> a son<MH1121> to Abram<MH87>; and Abram<MH87> named<MH7121, 8034> his son<MH1121>, to whom<MH834> Hagar<MH1904> gave<MH3205> birth<MH3205>, Ishmael<MH3458>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/16-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Abram<MH87> was eighty-six<MH8084> years<MH8141> old<MH1121> when Hagar<MH1904> bore<MH3205> Ishmael<MH3458> to <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[p]</a></span>him.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>be built from her</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>breast</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>eyes</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>me and you</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>hand</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>eyes</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Lit <i>under her hands</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Lit <i>seed</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Lit <i>they shall not be counted for multitude</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[j]</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> I.e., God hears<br><span class="footnotesbot">[k]</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>before the face of;</i> or <i>opposite</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[l]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Or <i>You, God, see me</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[m]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Heb <i>Elroi</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[n]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>His seeing me</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[o]</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> I.e., the well of the living one who sees me<br><span class="footnotesbot">[p]</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> Lit <i>Abram</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible<br>Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020<br>by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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