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Genesis 16:4-14

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.

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