Now aSarai, Abram's
wife
had borne
him no
children, and she had ban Egyptian
maid
whose name
was Hagar
.
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
.
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
.
He went in to Hagar
, and she conceived
; and when she saw
that she had conceived
, her mistress
was despised
in her sight
.
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."
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
.
Now athe angel of the LORD
found
her by a spring
of water
in the wilderness
, by the spring
on the way
to bShur
.
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
."
Then the angel of the LORD
said
to her, "Return
to your mistress
, and submit
yourself 1to her authority
."
Moreover, the aangel of the LORD
said
to her, " bI will greatly
multiply
your 1descendants
so that 2they will be too
many
to count
."
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
.
"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
."
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?"
Therefore the well
was called
1Beer-lahai-roi
; behold
, it is between
aKadesh
and Bered
.
So Hagar bore
Abram
a son
; and Abram
called
the name
of his son
, whom
Hagar
bore
, Ishmael
.
Abram was aeighty-six
years
old
when Hagar
bore
Ishmael
to 1him.