Genesis 16 — Chapter 16

¹Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

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

³And 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.

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

⁵And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon you: I have given my maid into your bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: Yahuah (LORD) judge between me and you.

⁶But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, your maid is in your hand; do to her as it pleaseth you. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

⁷And the angel of Yahuah (LORD) found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

⁸And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence came you? and whither will you go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

⁹And the angel of Yahuah (LORD) said unto her, Return to your mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

¹⁰And the angel of Yahuah (LORD) said unto her, I will multiply your seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

¹¹And the angel of Yahuah (LORD) said unto her, Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael; because Yahuah (LORD) has heard your affliction.

¹²And 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.

¹³And she called the name of Yahuah (LORD) that spake unto her, You Elohim (God) see me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that sees me?

¹⁴Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

¹⁵And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

¹⁶And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.