Genesis 16 - NKJV Bible Online

Genesis 16

Hagar and Ishmael

Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, ^ahad borne him no children. And she had ^ban Egyptian maidservant whose name was ^cHagar. 2 ^aSo Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the Lord ^bhas restrained me from bearing children. Please, ^cgo in to my maid; perhaps I shall ¹obtain children by her.” And Abram ^dheeded the voice of Sarai. 3 Then Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife, after Abram ^ahad dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan. 4 So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became ^adespised in her ¹eyes.
5 Then Sarai said to Abram, ¹“My wrong be upon you! I gave my maid into your embrace; and when she saw that she had conceived, I became despised in her eyes. ^aThe Lord judge between you and me.”
6 ^aSo Abram said to Sarai, “Indeed your maid is in your hand; do to her as you please.” And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, ^bshe fled from her presence.
7 Now the ^aAngel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, ^bby the spring on the way to ^cShur. 8 And He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where have you come from, and where are you going?”
She said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.”
9 The Angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and ^asubmit yourself under her hand.” 10 Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, ^a“I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.” 11 And the Angel of the Lord said to her:

“Behold, you are with child,

^aAnd you shall bear a son.

You shall call his name ¹Ishmael,

Because the Lord has heard your affliction.

^aHe shall be a wild man;

His hand shall be against every man,

And every man’s hand against him.

^bAnd he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.”

13 Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, You-Are-¹the-God-Who-Sees; for she said, “Have I also here ²seen Him ^awho sees me?” 14 Therefore the well was called ^aBeer Lahai Roi;¹ observe, it is ^bbetween Kadesh and Bered.
15 So ^aHagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. 16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

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