Jan.
16
Genesis
16
Gen
16:1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had a
handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
Gen
16:2 Sarai said to Abram, "See now, Yahweh has restrained me
from bearing. Please go in to my handmaid. It may be that I will
obtain children by her." Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
Gen
16:3 Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid,
after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her
to Abram her husband to be his wife.
Gen
16:4 He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she
had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
Gen
16:5 Sarai said to Abram, "This wrong is your fault. I gave my
handmaid into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I
was despised in her eyes. Yahweh judge between me and you."
Gen
16:6 But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your
hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes." Sarai dealt
harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
Gen
16:7 The angel of Yahweh found her by a fountain of water in the
wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Gen
16:8 He said, "Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, where did you come
from? Where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from
the face of my mistress Sarai."
Gen
16:9 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Return to your mistress,
and submit yourself under her hands."
Gen
16:10 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "I will greatly multiply
your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude."
Gen
16:11 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Behold, you are with
child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because
Yahweh has heard your affliction.
Gen
16:12 He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be
against every man, and every man's hand against him. He will live
opposite all of his brothers."
Gen
16:13 She called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, "You are
a God who sees," for she said, "Have I even stayed alive
after seeing him?"
Gen
16:14 Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. Behold, it is
between Kadesh and Bered.
Gen
16:15 Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son,
whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
Gen
16:16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to
Abram.