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Genesis 16:1-4

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.

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