American Standard Version

Genesis 16

1NowSaraiוְשָׂרַי֙ve.sa.RaiH8297,Abram’swifeאֵ֣שֶׁת'E.shetH802, barehimnochildrenH3205:andshehadahandmaid,anEgyptianמִצְרִ֖יתmitz.RitH4713,whosenameוּשְׁמָ֥הּu.she.MahH8034wasHagarהָגָֽר׃ha.GarH1904.

2AndSaraiשָׂרַ֜יsa.RaiH8297saidH559untoAbramאַבְרָ֗ם'av.RamH87,Beholdnow,Jehovahhathrestrainedעֲצָרַ֤נִי'a.tza.Ra.niH6113mefrombearingH3205;goבֹּא־bo'-H935in,Ipraythee, untomyhandmaid;itmaybethatIshallobtainchildrenH3205byher.AndAbramאַבְרָ֖ם'av.RamH87hearkenedtothevoiceלְק֥וֹלle.KolH6963ofSaraiשָׂרָֽי׃sa.RaiH8297.

3AndSaraiשָׂרַ֣יsa.RaiH8297,Abram’swifeאֵֽשֶׁת־'e.shet-H802,tookH3947Hagarהָגָ֤רha.GarH1904theEgyptianהַמִּצְרִית֙ha.mitz.RitH4713,herhandmaid,afterAbramH87haddweltH3427tenעֶ֣שֶׂר'E.serH6235yearsשָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimH8141inthelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofCanaanכְּנָ֑עַןke.Na.'anH3667,andgaveH5414hertoAbramH87herhusbandאִישָׁ֖הּ'i.ShahH376tobehiswifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃le.'i.ShahH802.

4AndhewentH935inuntoHagarהָגָ֖רha.GarH1904,andsheconceivedH2029:andwhenshesawH7200thatshehadconceivedH2029,hermistressגְּבִרְתָּ֖הּge.vir.TahH1404wasdespisedinhereyesH5869.

5AndSaraiשָׂרַ֣יsa.RaiH8297saidH559untoAbramאַבְרָם֮'av.RamH87,Mywrongbeuponthee:IgaveH5414myhandmaidintothybosomבְּחֵיקֶ֔ךָbe.chei.Ke.chaH2436;andwhenshesawH7200thatshehadconceivedH2029,IwasdespisedinhereyesH5869:Jehovahjudgeיִשְׁפֹּ֥טyish.PotH8199betweenmeandthee.

6ButAbramאַבְרָ֜ם'av.RamH87saidH559untoSaraiשָׂרַ֗יsa.RaiH8297,Behold, thymaidisinthyhandבְּיָדֵ֔ךְbe.ya.DekhH3027;dotoherthatwhichisgoodהַטּ֣וֹבha.TovH2896inthineeyesH5869.AndSaraiשָׂרַ֔יsa.RaiH8297dealt hardlywithher,andshefledH1272fromherfaceH6440.

7Andtheangelמַלְאַ֧ךְmal.'AkhH4397ofJehovahfoundH4672herbyafountainofwaterהַמַּ֖יִםha.Ma.yimH4325inthewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.BarH4057,bythefountaininthewayבְּדֶ֥רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870toShurשֽׁוּר׃ShurH7793.

8AndhesaidH559,Hagarהָגָ֞רha.GarH1904,Sarai’shandmaid, whence camest thou?andwhither goest thou?AndshesaidH559,Iamfleeingבֹּרַֽחַת׃bo.Ra.chatH1272fromthefaceH6440ofmymistressגְּבִרְתִּ֔יge.vir.TiH1404SaraiH8297.

9Andtheangelמַלְאַ֣ךְmal.'AkhH4397ofJehovahsaidH559untoher,Returnשׁ֖וּבִיShu.viH7725tothymistressגְּבִרְתֵּ֑ךְge.vir.TekhH1404,andsubmit thyselfunderherhandsיָדֶֽיהָ׃ya.Dei.haH3027.

10Andtheangelמַלְאַ֣ךְmal.'AkhH4397ofJehovahsaidH559untoher,IwillgreatlyH7235multiplyH7235thyseedH2233,thatitshallnotbenumberedformultitudeמֵרֹֽב׃me.RoH7230.

11Andtheangelמַלְאַ֣ךְmal.'AkhH4397ofJehovahsaidH559untoher,Behold, thou artwithchild,andshaltbearוְיֹלַ֣דְתְּve.yo.LadtH3205asonבֵּ֑ןBenH1121;andthou shaltcallוְקָרָ֤אתve.ka.RatH7121hisnameשְׁמוֹ֙she.MoH8034Ishmaelיִשְׁמָעֵ֔אלyish.ma.'ElH3458,becauseJehovahhathheardH8085thy affliction.

12Andheshallbeיִהְיֶה֙yih.YehH1961asawildפֶּ֣רֶאPe.re'H6501assamongmenאָדָ֔ם'a.DamH120;hishandיָד֣וֹya.DoH3027shallbeH1961againsteverymanH120,andeveryman’sH120handוְיַ֥דve.YadH3027againsthim;andheshalldwellיִשְׁכֹּֽן׃yish.KonH7931overagainstallhisbrethren.

13Andshecalledוַתִּקְרָ֤אva.tik.Ra'H7121thenameשֵׁם־shem-H8034ofJehovahthatspake untoher, Thou artaGodאֵ֣ל'elH410thatseeth:forshesaidH559,HaveIevenhereהֲלֹ֛םha.LomH1988lookedH7200afterhimthatseethme?

14Whereforethewellלַבְּאֵ֔רla.be.'ErH875wascalledקָרָ֣אka.Ra'H7121Beer-lahai-roiH883;behold,itisbetweenKadeshקָדֵ֖שׁka.DeshH6946andBeredבָּֽרֶד׃Ba.redH1260.

15AndHagarהָגָ֛רha.GarH1904bareAbramלְאַבְרָ֖םle.'av.RamH87asonבֵּ֑ןBenH1121:andAbramאַבְרָ֧ם'av.RamH87calledוַיִּקְרָ֨אvai.yik.Ra'H7121thenameשֶׁם־shem-H8034ofhissonבְּנ֛וֹbe.NoH1121,whomHagarהָגָ֖רha.GarH1904bare,Ishmaelיִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃yish.ma.'ElH3458.

16AndAbramוְאַבְרָ֕םve.'av.RamH87wasfourscoreandsixוְשֵׁ֣שׁve.SheshH8337yearsH8141old,whenHagarהָגָ֥רha.GarH1904bareIshmaelיִשְׁמָעֵ֖אלyish.ma.'ElH3458toAbramלְאַבְרָֽם׃ סle.'av.RamH87.

Commentaries on Genesis 16

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