Gen 16
1
Now Sarai, Abram`s wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian,
whose name was Hagar.
2
And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, YHWH has restrained me from bearing; go in, I
pray you, to my handmaid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram
hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
3
And Sarai, Abram`s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt
ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
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 handmaid into they bosom;
and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: YHWH judge between
me and you.
6
But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, your maid is in your hand; do to her that which is
good in your eyes. And Sarai dealt hardly with her, and she fled from her face.
7
And the angel of YHWH found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain
in the way to Shur.
8
And he said, Hagar, Sarai`s handmaid, whence came you? and where go you? And she said,
I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.
9
And the angel of YHWH said to her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under
her hands.
10
And the angel of YHWH said to her, I will greatly multiply your seed, that it shall
not be numbered for multitude.
11
And the angel of YHWH said to her, Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son;
and you shall call his name Ishmael, because YHWH has heard your affliction.
12
And he shall be [as] a wild ass among men; his hand [shall be] against every man,
and every man`s hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren.
13
And she called the name of YHWH that spoke to her, You are a God that sees: for she
said, Have I even here looked after him whom sees me?
14
Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
15
And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bare,
Ishmael.
16
And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.