Genesis 16

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¹ Abram's wife Sarai had borne him no child, but she had an Egyptian slave-girl cal ed Hagar.	¹ Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar;
² So Sarai said to Abram, 'Listen, now! Since Yahweh has kept me from having children, go to myslave-girl. Perhaps I shal get children through her.' And Abram took Sarai's advice.	² and Sarai said to Abram, "Behold now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children; go in to my maid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her." And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
³ Thus, after Abram had lived in the land of Canaan for ten years, Sarai took Hagar her Egyptian slave-girl and gave her to Abram as his wife.	³ So, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife.
⁴ He went to Hagar and she conceived. And once she knew she had conceived, her mistress countedfor nothing in her eyes.	⁴ And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress.
⁵ Then Sarai said to Abram, 'This outrage done to me is your fault! It was I who put my slave-girl intoyour arms but, now she knows that she has conceived, I count for nothing in her eyes. Yahweh judge betweenme and you!'	⁵ And Sarai said to Abram, "May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my maid to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me!"
⁶ 'Very wel ,' Abram said to Sarai, 'your slave-girl is at your disposal. Treat her as you think fit.' Saraiaccordingly treated her so badly that she ran away from her.	⁶ But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your power; do to her as you please." Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her.
⁷ The angel of Yahweh found her by a spring in the desert, the spring on the road to Shur.	⁷ The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.
⁸ He said, 'Hagar, slave-girl of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?' 'I amrunning away from my mistress Sarai,' she replied.	⁸ And he said, "Hagar, maid of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai."
⁹ The angel of Yahweh said to her, 'Go back to your mistress and submit to her.'	⁹ The angel of the LORD said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit to her."
¹⁰ The angel of Yahweh further said to her, 'I shal make your descendants too numerous to becounted.'	¹⁰ The angel of the LORD also said to her, "I will so greatly multiply your descendants that they cannot be numbered for multitude."
¹¹ Then the angel of Yahweh said to her: Now, you have conceived and will bear a son, and you shalname him Ishmael, for Yahweh has heard your cries of distress.	¹¹ And the angel of the LORD said to her, "Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son; you shall call his name Ishmael; because the LORD has given heed to your affliction.
¹² A wild donkey of a man he wil be, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him,living his life in defiance of al his kinsmen.	¹² He shall be a wild ass of a man, his hand against every man and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen."
¹³ Hagar gave a name to Yahweh who had spoken to her, 'You are El Roi,' by which she meant, 'Did Inot go on seeing here, after him who sees me?'	¹³ So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "Thou art a God of seeing"; for she said, "Have I really seen God and remained alive after seeing him?"
¹⁴ This is why the well is cal ed the wel of Lahai Roi; it is between Kadesh and Bered.	¹⁴ Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.
¹⁵ Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave his son borne by Hagar the name Ishmael.	¹⁵ And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
¹⁶ Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael.	¹⁶ Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.