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

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Galatians 4:24, Galatians 4:24, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 21:9

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,

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Genesis 3:17, Genesis 18:10, Exodus 21:4, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 18:10

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.

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Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5, Genesis 16:5, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5

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

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Proverbs 30:23, Proverbs 30:23, 2 Samuel 6:16, 1 Corinthians 13:4, 1 Corinthians 13:5

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.

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Genesis 31:53, Genesis 31:53, Exodus 5:21, Exodus 5:21, 2 Chronicles 24:22

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.

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Jeremiah 38:5, Jeremiah 38:5, Proverbs 29:19, Job 2:6, Psalms 106:41

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,

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Genesis 25:18, Exodus 15:22, Genesis 21:17, Genesis 25:18, Exodus 15:22

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.

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Genesis 3:9, Genesis 3:9, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:10, Ecclesiastes 10:4

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

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1 Peter 5:5, 1 Peter 5:6, 1 Peter 5:5, 1 Peter 5:6, Ecclesiastes 10:4

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

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Genesis 17:20, Genesis 17:20, Psalms 83:6, Psalms 83:7, Psalms 83:6

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.

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Exodus 2:23, Exodus 2:24, Exodus 2:23, Exodus 2:24, Exodus 3:7

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.

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Genesis 25:18, Genesis 21:20, Genesis 25:18, Genesis 21:20, Job 39:5

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.

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Psalms 139:1, Psalms 139:12, Psalms 139:1, Psalms 139:12, Genesis 32:30

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

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Genesis 25:11, Numbers 13:26, Genesis 24:62, Genesis 25:11, Numbers 13:26

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

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Genesis 25:12, Genesis 25:12, Genesis 16:11, Genesis 28:9, Genesis 21:9

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

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