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Genesis 16 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

Gen 16:1

Gen 16:1Now Sarai, Avram's wife, bore him no children. She had a handmaid, a Mitzrian, whose name was Hagar.

Gen 16:2

Gen 16:2Sarai said to Avram," See now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my handmaid. It may be that I will obtain children by her." Avram listened to the voice of Sarai.

Gen 16:3

Gen 16:3Sarai, Avram's wife, took Hagar the Mitzrian, her handmaid, after Avram had lived ten years in the land of Kana`an, and gave her to Avram her husband to be his wife.

Gen 16:4

Gen 16:4He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

Gen 16:5

Gen 16:5Sarai said to Avram, "This wrong is your fault. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. The LORD judge between me and you."

Gen 16:6

Gen 16:6But Avram said to Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes." Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.

Gen 16:7

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

Gen 16:8

Gen 16:8He said, "Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, where did you come from? Where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai."

Gen 16:9

Gen 16:9The angel of the LORD said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands."

Gen 16:10

Gen 16:10The angel of the LORD said to her, "I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude."

Gen 16:11

Gen 16:11The angel of the LORD said to her, "Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Yishma'el, because the LORD has heard your affliction.

Gen 16:12

Gen 16:12He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him. He will live opposite all of his brothers."

Gen 16:13

Gen 16:13She called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "You are a God who sees," for she said, "Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?"

Gen 16:14

Gen 16:14Therefore the well was called Be'er-Lachai-Ro'i. Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

Gen 16:15

Gen 16:15Hagar bore a son for Avram. Avram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Yishma'el.

Gen 16:16

Gen 16:16Avram was eighty-six years old, when Hagar bore Yishma'el to Avram.
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