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Genesis 16:1-2

1Now Saraiוְשָׂרַי֙ve.sa.RaiH8297Abram’sאַבְרָ֔ם'av.RamH87wifeאֵ֣שֶׁת'E.shetH802bareH3205him noלֹ֥אlo'H3808childrenH3205:and she had an handmaidשִׁפְחָ֥הshif.ChahH8198,an Egyptianמִצְרִ֖יתmitz.RitH4713,whose nameוּשְׁמָ֥הּu.she.MahH8034wasHagarהָגָֽר׃ha.GarH1904.

2And Saraiשָׂרַ֜יsa.RaiH8297saidוַתֹּ֨אמֶרva.To.merH559unto Abramאַבְרָ֗ם'av.RamH87,Behold now, the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hath restrained meעֲצָרַ֤נִי'a.tza.Ra.niH6113from bearingמִלֶּ֔דֶתmi.Le.detH3205:I pray thee, go inבֹּא־bo'-H935unto my maidשִׁפְחָתִ֔יshif.cha.TiH8198;it mayאוּלַ֥י'u.LaiH194be that I may obtain childrenאִבָּנֶ֖ה'i.ba.NehH1129by her. And Abramאַבְרָ֖ם'av.RamH87hearkenedוַיִּשְׁמַ֥עvai.yish.Ma'H8085to the voiceלְק֥וֹלle.KolH6963of Saraiשָׂרָֽי׃sa.RaiH8297.

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