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HOLY BIBLE
BOOK OF GENESIS
GENESIS 16
1Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maid named Hagar.
2So Sarai said to Abram, Look, since the LORD has prevented me from having children, please, go in to my maid; perhaps I may obtain children by her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
3So after Abram had dwelt in Canaan for ten years, Sarai, Abrams's wife, gave Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, to her husband Abram to be his wife.
4So he went into Hagar, and she conceived; and when Hagar saw that she had conceived, her mistress Sarai was despised in her sight.
5And Sarai said to Abram, You have brought this wrong on me! I gave my maid to your embrace, but when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. May the LORD judge between you and me!
6But Abram said to Sarai, Your maid is in your hands; do to her as it pleases you. And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, Hagar ran away from her.
7And the Angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.
8And He said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, where have you come from, and where are you going? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
9Then the Angel of the LORD said to her, Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.
10I will greatly multiply your offspring, the Angel of the LORD said to her, so that they will be too many to count.
11Then the Angel of the LORD said to her, You are now with child, and will bear a son. You are to name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your affliction.
12He shall be a wild ass of a man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him. And he will live in hostility toward all his brethren.
13So she called the name of the LORD that spoke to her, You are the God of seeing, for she said, Have I not gone on seeing after my being seen.
14That is why the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.
15So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram named him Ishmael.
16And Abram was eighty six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael.
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