16:1 Now Sarai 8297 Abram's 87 wife 802 bare 3205 0 him no 3808 children 3205 8804: and she had an handmaid 8198, an Egyptian 4713, whose name 8034 [was] Hagar 1904.

16:2 And Sarai 8297 said 559 8799 unto Abram 87, Behold now, the LORD 3068 hath restrained me 6113 8804 from bearing 3205 8800: I pray thee, go in 935 8798 unto my maid 8198; it may 194 be that I may obtain children 1129 8735 by her. And Abram 87 hearkened 8085 8799 to the voice 6963 of Sarai 8297.(obtain…: Heb. be built by her)

16:3 And Sarai 8297 Abram's 87 wife 802 took 3947 8799 Hagar 1904 her maid 8198 the Egyptian 4713, after 7093 Abram 87 had dwelt 3427 8800 ten 6235 years 8141 in the land 776 of Canaan 3667, and gave 5414 8799 her to her husband 376 Abram 87 to be his wife 802.

16:4 And he went in 935 8799 unto Hagar 1904, and she conceived 2029 8799: and when she saw 7200 8799 that she had conceived 2029 8804, her mistress 1404 was despised 7043 8799 in her eyes 5869.

16:5 And Sarai 8297 said 559 8799 unto Abram 87, My wrong 2555 [be] upon thee: I have given 5414 8804 my maid 8198 into thy bosom 2436; and when she saw 7200 8799 that she had conceived 2029 8804, I was despised 7043 8799 in her eyes 5869: the LORD 3068 judge 8199 8799 between me and thee.

16:6 But Abram 87 said 559 8799 unto Sarai 8297, Behold, thy maid 8198 [is] in thy hand 3027; do 6213 8798 to her as it pleaseth thee 2896 5869. And when Sarai 8297 dealt hardly with 6031 8762 her, she fled 1272 8799 from her face 6440.(as…: Heb. that which is good in thine eyes)(dealt…: Heb. afflicted her)

16:7 And the angel 4397 of the LORD 3068 found her 4672 8799 by a fountain 5869 of water 4325 in the wilderness 4057, by the fountain 5869 in the way 1870 to Shur 7793.

16:8 And he said 559 8799, Hagar 1904, Sarai's 8297 maid 8198, whence 335 camest thou 935 8804? and whither wilt thou go 3212 8799? And she said 559 8799, I flee 1272 8802 from the face 6440 of my mistress 1404 Sarai 8297.

16:9 And the angel 4397 of the LORD 3068 said 559 8799 unto her, Return 7725 8798 to thy mistress 1404, and submit 6031 8690 thyself under her hands 3027.

16:10 And the angel 4397 of the LORD 3068 said 559 8799 unto her, I will multiply 7235 8686 thy seed 2233 exceedingly 7235 8687, that it shall not be numbered 5608 8735 for multitude 7230.

16:11 And the angel 4397 of the LORD 3068 said 559 8799 unto her, Behold 2009, thou [art] with child 2030, and shalt bear 3205 8802 a son 1121, and shalt call 7121 8804 his name 8034 Ishmael 3458; because the LORD 3068 hath heard 8085 8804 thy affliction 6040.(Ishmael: that is, God shall hear)

16:12 And he will be a wild 6501 man 120; his hand 3027 [will be] against every man, and every man's hand 3027 against him; and he shall dwell 7931 8799 in the presence 6440 of all his brethren 251.

16:13 And she called 7121 8799 the name 8034 of the LORD 3068 that spake 1696 8802 unto her, Thou God 410 seest me 7210: for she said 559 8804, Have I also here 1988 looked 7200 8804 after him 310 that seeth me 7210?

16:14 Wherefore the well 875 was called 7121 8804 Beerlahairoi 883 2416; behold, [it is] between Kadesh 6946 and Bered 1260.(Beerlahairoi: that is, The well of him that liveth and seeth me)

16:15 And Hagar 1904 bare 3205 8799 Abram 87 a son 1121: and Abram 87 called 7121 8799 his son's 1121 name 8034, which Hagar 1904 bare 3205 8804, Ishmael 3458.

16:16 And Abram 87 [was] fourscore 8084 8141 and six 8337 years 8141 old 1121, when Hagar 1904 bare 3205 8800 Ishmael 3458 to Abram 87.

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