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Genesis 16 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Gen 16:1

Gen 16:1Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Gen 16:2

Gen 16:2And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

Gen 16:3

Gen 16:3And Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.

Gen 16:4

Gen 16:4And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

Gen 16:5

Gen 16:5And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into they bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: Jehovah judge between me and thee.

Gen 16:6

Gen 16:6But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt hardly with her, and she fled from her face.

Gen 16:7

Gen 16:7And the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

Gen 16:8

Gen 16:8And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.

Gen 16:9

Gen 16:9And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

Gen 16:10

Gen 16:10And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Gen 16:11

Gen 16:11And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because Jehovah hath heard thy affliction.

Gen 16:12

Gen 16:12And he shall be as a wild ass among men; his hand shall be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren.

Gen 16:13

Gen 16:13And she called the name of Jehovah that spake unto her, Thou art a God that seeth: for she said, Have I even here looked after him that seeth me?

Gen 16:14

Gen 16:14Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

Gen 16:15

Gen 16:15And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bare, Ishmael.

Gen 16:16

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