Genesis 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.

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.

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 thy 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.

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.

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.