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Genesis Chapter 16 (NKJV Bible)

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¹ Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, [1†]had borne him no children. And she had [2†]an Egyptian maidservant whose name was [3†]Hagar.

² [4†]So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the LORD [5†]has restrained me from bearing children. Please, [6†]go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram [7†]heeded the voice of Sarai.

³ Then Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife, after Abram [8†]had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan.

⁴ So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became [9†]despised in her eyes.

⁵ Then Sarai said to Abram, “My wrong be upon you! I gave my maid into your embrace; and when she saw that she had conceived, I became despised in her eyes. [10†]The LORD judge between you and me.”

⁶ [11†]So Abram said to Sarai, “Indeed your maid is in your hand; do to her as you please.” And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, [12†]she fled from her presence.

⁷ Now the [13†]Angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, [14†]by the spring on the way to [15†]Shur.

⁸ And He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where have you come from, and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.”

⁹ The Angel of the LORD said to her, “Return to your mistress, and [16†]submit yourself under her hand.”

¹⁰ Then the Angel of the LORD said to her, [17†]“I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.”

¹¹ And the Angel of the LORD said to her: “Behold, you are with child, [18†]And you shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, Because the LORD has heard your affliction.

¹² [19†]He shall be a wild man; His hand shall be against every man, And every man’s hand against him. [20†]And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.”

¹³ Then she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, You-Are-the-God-Who-Sees; for she said, “Have I also here seen Him [21†]who sees me?”

¹⁴ Therefore the well was called [22†]Beer Lahai Roi; observe, it is [23†]between Kadesh and Bered.

¹⁵ So [24†]Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

¹⁶ Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

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1	Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, [1†]had borne him no children. And she had [2†]an Egyptian maidservant whose name was [3†]Hagar.
2	[4†]So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the LORD [5†]has restrained me from bearing children. Please, [6†]go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram [7†]heeded the voice of Sarai.
3	Then Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife, after Abram [8†]had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan.
4	So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became [9†]despised in her eyes.
5	Then Sarai said to Abram, “My wrong be upon you! I gave my maid into your embrace; and when she saw that she had conceived, I became despised in her eyes. [10†]The LORD judge between you and me.”
6	[11†]So Abram said to Sarai, “Indeed your maid is in your hand; do to her as you please.” And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, [12†]she fled from her presence.
7	Now the [13†]Angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, [14†]by the spring on the way to [15†]Shur.
8	And He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where have you come from, and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.”
9	The Angel of the LORD said to her, “Return to your mistress, and [16†]submit yourself under her hand.”
10	Then the Angel of the LORD said to her, [17†]“I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.”
11	And the Angel of the LORD said to her: “Behold, you are with child, [18†]And you shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, Because the LORD has heard your affliction.
12	[19†]He shall be a wild man; His hand shall be against every man, And every man’s hand against him. [20†]And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.”
13	Then she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, You-Are-the-God-Who-Sees; for she said, “Have I also here seen Him [21†]who sees me?”
14	Therefore the well was called [22†]Beer Lahai Roi; observe, it is [23†]between Kadesh and Bered.
15	So [24†]Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
16	Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.