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Hagar and Ishmael
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar;
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar;
Sarai and Hagar
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar.
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar.
so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.”
Abram agreed to what Sarai said.
Abram agreed to what Sarai said.
So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife.
So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife.
He slept with Hagar, and she conceived.
When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the Lord judge between you and me.”
And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant 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!”
“Your slave is in your hands,” Abram said. “Do with her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai mistreated Hagar; so she fled from her.
But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your servant is in your power; do to her as you please.” Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her.
The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur.
The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.
And he said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?”
“I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.
“I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.
And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai.”
Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.”
The angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her.”
The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.”
The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.”
He shall be a wild donkey of a man,
his hand against everyone
and everyone’s hand against him,
and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.”
his hand against everyone
and everyone’s hand against him,
and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.”
So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.