Genesis 16 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

Hagar and Ishmael

Gen 16:1Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar.

Gen 16:2So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai.

Gen 16:3

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

Gen 16:4

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

Gen 16:5

Gen 16:5Then 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. The LORD judge between you and me.”

Gen 16:6

Gen 16:6So Abram said to Sarai, “Indeed your maid is in your hand; do to her as you please.” And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her presence.

Gen 16:7

Gen 16:7Now the Angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.

Gen 16:8

Gen 16:8And 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.”

Gen 16:9

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

Gen 16:10

Gen 16:10Then the Angel of the LORD said to her, “I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.”

Gen 16:11

Gen 16:11And the Angel of the LORD said to her:

“Behold, you are with child,
And you shall bear a son.
You shall call his name Ishmael,
Because the LORD has heard your affliction.

Gen 16:12

Gen 16:12He shall be a wild man;
His hand shall be against every man,
And every man’s hand against him.
And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.”

Gen 16:13

Gen 16:13Then 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 who sees me?”

Gen 16:14

Gen 16:14Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi;[fn] observe, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

Gen 16:15

Gen 16:15So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

Gen 16:16

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

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NKJV Footnotes

(16:14)

Literally Well of the One Who Lives and Sees Me

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