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Genesis 16       ISR  HRB  NKJV  KJV  NIV   (Show plain text in new window)
	Hagar and Ishmael (Yishma`el)...
1.	And Sarai, Abram`s wife, had borne him no child. And she had a Mitsrite female servant whose name was Hagar.
2.	And Sarai said to Abram, 'See, YHWH has kept me from bearing children. Please, go in to my female servant. It might be that I am built up by her.' And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
3.	And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her female servant, the Mitsrite, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Kena'an.
4.	And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
5.	And Sarai said to Abram, 'My wrong be upon you! I gave my female servant into your bosom. And when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. Let YHWH judge between you and me.'
6.	And Abram said to Sarai, 'See, your female servant is in your hand, do to her what is good in your eyes.' And Sarai treated her harshly, and she fled from her presence.
7.	And the Messenger of YHWH found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur,
8.	and He said, 'Hagar, Sarai's female servant, where have you come from, and where are you going?' And she said, 'I am fleeing from the presence of Sarai, my mistress.'
9.	And the Messenger of YHWH said to her, 'Return to your mistress, and humble yourself under her hand.'
10.	And the Messenger of YHWH said to her, 'I am going to increase your seed greatly, too numerous to be counted.'
11.	And the Messenger of YHWH said to her, 'See, you are conceiving and bearing a son, and shall call his name Yishma'el, because YHWH has heard your affliction.
12.	'And he is to be a wild man, his hand against every one and every one's hand against him, and dwell over against all his brothers.'
13.	And she called the Name of YHWH who spoke to her, 'You are the El who sees,' for she said, 'Even here have I seen after Him who sees me?'
14.	That is why the well was called Be'er Lahai Ro'i, see, it is between Qadesh and Bered.
15.	And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Yishma'el.
16.	And Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Yishma'el to Abram.

Genesis 16