Genesis 16

1 Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.

And Sara the wife of Abram bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian maid, whose name was Agar.

2 So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

And Sara said to Abram, Behold, the Lord has restrained me from bearing, go therefore in to my maid, that I may get children for myself through her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sara.

3 So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife.

So Sara the wife of Abram having taken Agar the Egyptian her handmaid, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Chanaan, gave her to Abram her husband as a wife to him.

4 And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.

And he went in to Agar, and she conceived, and saw that she was with child, and her mistress was dishonoured before her.

5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”

And Sara said to Abram, I am injured by you; I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when I saw that she was with child, I was dishonoured before her. The Lord judge between me and you.

6 “Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.

And Abram said to Sara, Behold your handmaid is in your hands, use her as it may seem good to you. And Sara afflicted her, and she fled from her face.

7 Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.

And an angel of the Lord found her by the fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Sur.

8 “Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.

And the angel of the Lord said to her, Agar, Sara's maid, whence come you, and wither go you? and she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sara.

9 So the angel of the LORD told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.”

And the angel of the Lord said to her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.

10 Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”

And the angel of the Lord said to her, I will surely multiply your seed, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.

11 The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.

And the angel of the Lord said to her, Behold you are with child, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ismael, for the Lord has listened to your humiliation.

12 He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”

He shall be a wild man, his hands against all, and the hands of all against him, and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

13 So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”

And she called the name of the Lord God who spoke to her, You are God who see me; for she said, For I have openly seen him that appeared to me.

14 Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.

Therefore she called the well, The well of him whom I have openly seen; behold it is between Cades and Barad.

15 And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.

And Agar bore a son to Abram; and Abram called the name of his son which Agar bore to him, Ismael.

16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.

And Abram was eighty-six years old, when Agar bore Ismael to Abram.