Genesis 16 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Sarai and Hagar

Gen 16:1Now Sar'ai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar;

Gen 16:2and Sar'ai said to Abram, "Behold now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children; go in to my maid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her." And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sar'ai.

Gen 16:3

Gen 16:3So, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, Sar'ai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife.

Gen 16:4

Gen 16:4And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress.

Gen 16:5

Gen 16:5And Sar'ai said to Abram, "May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my maid to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me!"

Gen 16:6

Gen 16:6But Abram said to Sar'ai, "Behold, your maid is in your power; do to her as you please." Then Sar'ai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her.

Gen 16:7

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

Gen 16:8

Gen 16:8And he said, "Hagar, maid of Sar'ai, where have you come from and where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from my mistress Sar'ai."

Gen 16:9

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

Gen 16:10

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

Gen 16:11

Gen 16:11And the angel of the LORD said to her, "Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son; you shall call his name Ish'mael; because the LORD has given heed to your affliction.

Gen 16:12

Gen 16:12He shall be a wild ass of a man, his hand against every man and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen."

Gen 16:13

Gen 16:13So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "Thou art a God of seeing"; for she said, "Have I really seen God and remained alive after seeing him?"

Gen 16:14

Gen 16:14Therefore the well was called Beer-la'hai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.

Gen 16:15

Gen 16:15And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ish'mael.

Gen 16:16

Gen 16:16Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ish'mael to Abram.

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Genesis 16 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Sarai and Hagar

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