| Chapter 16 |
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Now Sarai, Abram`s wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. |
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And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. |
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And Sarai, Abram`s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife. |
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And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. |
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And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into they bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: Jehovah judge between me and thee. |
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But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt hardly with her, and she fled from her face. |
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And the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. |
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And he said, Hagar, Sarai`s handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai. |
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And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. |
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And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. |
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And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because Jehovah hath heard thy affliction. |
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And he shall be as a wild ass among men; his hand shall be against every man, and every man`s hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren. |
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And she called the name of Jehovah that spake unto her, Thou art a God that seeth: for she said, Have I even here looked after him that seeth me? |
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Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. |
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And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bare, Ishmael. |
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And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. |