GENESIS 16 [†] a Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was  b Hagar. 2[†]And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children [1] by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. 3[†]So, after Abram  c 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. 4[†]And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived,  d she looked with contempt on her mistress. [2] 5[†]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  e the LORD judge between you and me!” 6But 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.

7[†]The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to  f Shur. 8And 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.” 9[†]The angel of the LORD said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her.” 10[^][†]The angel of the LORD also said to her,  g “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.” 11[†]And the angel of the LORD said to her,

“Behold, you are pregnant

and shall bear a son.

You shall call his name Ishmael, [3]

 h because the LORD has listened to your affliction.

12[†] He shall be  i a wild donkey of a man,

his hand against everyone

and everyone’s hand against him,

and he shall dwell  j over against all his kinsmen.”

13[^][†]So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,” [4] for she said,  k “Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.” [5] 14[†]Therefore the well was called  l Beer-lahai-roi; [6] it lies between  m Kadesh and Bered.

15[†]And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. 16[†]Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.