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Genesis 16

Sarai and Hagar

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Now  aSarai, Abram's wife had borne him no children, and she had  ban Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

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So Sarai said to Abram, "Now behold, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children.  aPlease go in to my maid; perhaps I will  1obtain children through her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

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After Abram had  1lived  aten years in the land of Canaan, Abram's wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to her husband Abram as his wife.

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He went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her sight.

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And Sarai said to Abram, " aMay the wrong done me be upon you. I gave my maid into your  1arms, but when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her  2sight.  bMay the LORD judge between  3you and me."

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But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your  1power; do to her what is good in your  2sight." So Sarai treated her harshly, and  ashe fled from her presence.

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Now  athe angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to  bShur.

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He said, "Hagar, Sarai's maid,  awhere have you come from and where are you going?" And she said, "I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai."

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Then the angel of the LORD said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself  1to her authority."

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Moreover, the  aangel of the LORD said to her, " bI will greatly multiply your  1descendants so that  2they will be too many to count."

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The angel of the LORD said to her further, "Behold, you are with child, And you will bear a son; And you shall call his name  1Ishmael, Because  athe LORD  2has given heed to your affliction.

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"He will be a  awild donkey of a man, His hand will be against everyone, And everyone's hand will be against him; And he will  1live  2 bto the east of all his brothers."

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Then she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, " 1You are  2a God who sees"; for she said, " aHave I even  3remained alive here after seeing Him?"

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Therefore the well was called  1Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between  aKadesh and Bered.

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So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

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Abram was  aeighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to  1him.



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