Now A′bram’s wife Sar′ai had borne him no children,+ but she had an Egyptian servant whose name was Ha′gar.+ 2 So Sar′ai said to A′bram: “Please now! Jehovah has prevented me from bearing children. Please, have relations with my servant. Perhaps I can have children by means of her.”+ So A′bram listened to what Sar′ai said. 3 After A′bram had lived for ten years in the land of Ca′naan, A′bram’s wife Sar′ai took her Egyptian servant Ha′gar and gave her to her husband A′bram as his wife. 4 So he had relations with Ha′gar, and she became pregnant. When she realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress. 5 At this Sar′ai said to A′bram: “The injury done to me is your fault. I was the one who put my servant in your arms,* but when she realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise me. May Jehovah judge between me and you.” 6 So A′bram said to Sar′ai: “Look! Your servant is under your authority. Do to her whatever you think is best.” Then Sar′ai humiliated her, and she ran away from her. 7 Later Jehovah’s angel found her at a spring of waters in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.+ 8 And he said: “Ha′gar, servant of Sar′ai, where have you come from and where are you going?” To this she said: “I am running away from my mistress Sar′ai.” 9 Jehovah’s angel then said to her: “Return to your mistress and humble yourself under her hand.” 10 Then Jehovah’s angel said: “I will greatly multiply your offspring,* so that they will be too numerous to count.”+ 11 Jehovah’s angel added: “Here you are pregnant, and you will give birth to a son, and you must name him Ish′ma·el,* for Jehovah has heard your affliction. 12 He will be a wild donkey* of a man. His hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand will be against him, and he will dwell opposite all his brothers.”* 13 Then she called on the name of Jehovah, who was speaking to her: “You are a God of sight,”+ for she said: “Have I here actually looked upon the one who sees me?” 14 That is why the well was called Be′er-la′hai-roi.* (It is between Ka′desh and Be′red.) 15 So Ha′gar bore to A′bram a son, and A′bram named his son, whom Ha′gar bore, Ish′ma·el.+ 16 A′bram was 86 years old when Ha′gar bore Ish′ma·el to him.
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