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The First Book of Moses, Called
Genesis
CHAPTER 16.
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an
handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath
restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid;
it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram
hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after
Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her
to her husband Abram to be his wife.
4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw
that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
5 And Sarai said unto Abram, May the wrong done to me be upon
thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had
conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between
me and thee.
6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand;
do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly
with her, she fled from her face.
7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in
the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and
whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my
mistress Sarai.
9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy
mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy
seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with
child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;
because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wild ass of a man; his hand will be against every man,
and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell over against
all his brethren.
13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou
God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked upon him
that seeth me?
14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is
between Kadesh and Bered.
15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name,
which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare
Ishmael to Abram.
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