Genesis 16

¹Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had not conceived children. But, having an Egyptian handmaid named Hagar,

²she said to her husband: “Behold, the Lord has closed me, lest I give birth. Enter to my handmaid, so that perhaps I may receive sons of her at least.” And when he agreed to her supplication,

³she took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, ten years after they began to live in the land of Canaan, and she gave her to her husband as a wife.

⁴And he entered to her. But when she saw that she had conceived, she despised her mistress.

⁵And Sarai said to Abram: “You have acted unfairly against me. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, who, when she saw that she had conceived, held me in contempt. May the Lord judge between me and you.”

⁶Abram responded to her by saying, “Behold, your handmaid is in your hand to treat as it pleases you.” And so, when Sarai afflicted her, she took flight.

⁷And when the Angel of the Lord had found her, near the fountain of water in the wilderness, which is on the way to Shur in the desert,

⁸he said to her: “Hagar, handmaid of Sarai, where have you come from? And where will you go?” And she answered, “I flee from the face of Sarai, my mistress.”

⁹And the Angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and humble yourself under her hand.”

¹⁰And again he said, “I will multiply your offspring continuously, and they will not be numbered because of their multitude.”

¹¹But thereafter he said: “Behold, you have conceived, and you will give birth to a son. And you shall call his name Ishmael, because the Lord has heard your affliction.

¹²He will be a wild man. His hand will be against all, and all hands will be against him. And he will pitch his tents away from the region of all his brothers.”

¹³Then she called upon the name of the Lord who had spoken to her: “You are the God who has seen me.” For she said, “Certainly, here I have seen the back of the one who sees me.”

¹⁴Because of this, she called that well: ‘The well of the one who lives and who sees me.’ The same is between Kadesh and Bered.

¹⁵And Hagar gave birth to a son for Abram, who called his name Ishmael.

¹⁶Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael for him.

Genesis 16

¹Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had brought forth no children: but having a handmaid, an Egyptian, named Agar,

²She said to her husband: Behold, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: go in unto my handmaid, it may be I may have children of her at least. And when he agreed to her request,

³She took Agar the Egyptian her handmaid, ten years after they first dwelt in the land of Chanaan, and gave her to her husband to wife.

⁴And he went in to her. But she perceiving that she was with child, despised her mistress.

⁵And Sarai said to Abram: Thou dost unjustly with me: I gave my handmaid into thy bosom, and she perceiving herself to be with child, despiseth me. The Lord judge between me and thee.

⁶And Abram made answer, and said to her: Behold thy handmaid is in thy own hand, use her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai afflicted her, she ran away.

⁷And the angel of the Lord having found her, by a fountain of water in the wilderness, which is in the way to Sur in the desert,

⁸He said to her: Agar, handmaid of Sarai, whence comest thou? and whither goest thou? And she answered: I flee from the face of Sarai, my mistress.

⁹And the angel of the Lord said to her: Return to thy mistress, and humble thyself under her hand.

¹⁰And again he said: I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.

¹¹And again: Behold, said he, thou art with child, and thou shalt bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name Ismael, because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.

¹²He shall be a wild man: his hand will be against all men, and all men's hands against him: and he shall pitch his tents over against all his brethren.

¹³And she called the name of the Lord that spoke unto her: Thou the God who hast seen me. For she said: Verily, here have I seen the hinder parts of him that seeth me.

¹⁴Therefore she called that well, the well of him that liveth and seeth me. The same is between Cades and Barad.

¹⁵And Agar brought forth a son to Abram: who called his name Ismael.

¹⁶Abram was four score and six years old when Agar brought him forth Ismael.