Genesis 16
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Genesis 16:3-16

3AfterH4480 AbramH87 had 1livedH3427 2tenH6235 yearsH8141 in the landH776 of CanaanH3667, Abram’sH87 wifeH802 SaraiH8297 tookH3947 HagarH1904 the EgyptianH4713, her maidH8198, and gaveH5414 her to her husbandH376 AbramH87 as his wifeH802. 4He wentH935 in to HagarH1904, and she conceivedH2029; and when she sawH7200 that she had conceivedH2029, her mistressH1404 was despisedH7043 in her sightH5869. 5And SaraiH8297 saidH559 to AbramH87, “3May the wrongH2555 done me be upon you. I gaveH5414 my maidH8198 into your 4armsH2436, but when she sawH7200 that she had conceivedH2029, I was despisedH7043 in her 5sightH5869. 6May the LordH3068 judgeH8199 betweenH996 7you and me.” 6But AbramH87 saidH559 to SaraiH8297, “BeholdH2009, your maidH8198 is in your 8powerH3027; doH6213 to her whatH2896 is goodH2896 in your 9sightH5869.” So SaraiH8297 treatedH6031 her harshlyH6031, and 10she fledH1272 from her presenceH6440.

7Now 11the angelH4397 of the LordH3068 foundH4672 her by a springH5871 of waterH4325 in the wildernessH4057, by the springH5871 on the wayH1870 to 12ShurH7793. 8He saidH559, “HagarH1904, Sarai’sH8297 maidH8198, 13whereH335H2088 have you comeH935 from and whereH575 are you goingH1980?” And she saidH559, “I am fleeingH1272 from the presenceH6440 of my mistressH1404 SaraiH8297.” 9Then the angelH4397 of the LordH3068 saidH559 to her, “ReturnH7725 to your mistressH1404, and submitH6031 yourself 14to her authorityH3027.” 10Moreover, the 15angelH4397 of the LordH3068 saidH559 to her, “16I will greatlyH7235 multiplyH7235 your 17descendantsH2233 so that 18they will be tooH3808 manyH7230 to countH5608.” 11The angelH4397 of the LordH3068 saidH559 to her further, “BeholdH2009, you are with childH2030, And you will bearH3205 a sonH1121; And you shall callH7121 his nameH8034 19IshmaelH3458, BecauseH3588 20the LordH3068 21has givenH8085 heedH8085 to your afflictionH6040.12He will be a 22wildH6501 donkeyH6501 of a manH120, His handH3027 will be against everyoneH3605, And everyone’sH3605 handH3027 will be against him; And he will 23liveH7931 2425to the eastH6440 of allH3605 his brothersH251.” 13Then she calledH7121 the nameH8034 of the LordH3068 who spokeH1696 to her, “26You are 27a GodH410 whoH7210 seesH7200”; for she saidH559, “28Have I evenH1571 29remainedH7200 aliveH7200 hereH1988 afterH310 seeingH7210 Him?” 14ThereforeH5921H3651 the wellH875 was calledH7121 30Beer-lahai-roiH883; beholdH2009, it is betweenH996 31KadeshH6946 and BeredH1260.

15So HagarH1904 boreH3205 AbramH87 a sonH1121; and AbramH87 calledH7121 the nameH8034 of his sonH1121, whomH834 HagarH1904 boreH3205, IshmaelH3458. 16AbramH87 was 32eighty-sixH8084 yearsH8141 oldH1121 when HagarH1904 boreH3205 IshmaelH3458 to 33him.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 16:3 Lit dwelt ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 16:3 Gen 12:4 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 16:5 Jer 51:35 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 16:5 Lit bosom ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 16:5 Lit eyes ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 16:5 Gen 31:53; Ex 5:21 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 16:5 Lit me and you ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 16:6 Lit hand ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 16:6 Lit eyes ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 16:6 Gen 16:9 ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 16:7 Gen 21:17, 18; 22:11, 15; 31:11 ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 16:7 Gen 20:1; 25:18 ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 16:8 Gen 3:9; 1 Kin 19:9, 13 ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 16:9 Lit under her hands ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 16:10 Gen 22:15-18 ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 16:10 Gen 17:20 ↩
  17. 17. Genesis 16:10 Lit seed ↩
  18. 18. Genesis 16:10 Or it shall not be counted for multitude ↩
  19. 19. Genesis 16:11 I.e. God hears ↩
  20. 20. Genesis 16:11 Ex 2:23, 24; 3:7, 9 ↩
  21. 21. Genesis 16:11 Lit has heard ↩
  22. 22. Genesis 16:12 Job 24:5; 39:5-8 ↩
  23. 23. Genesis 16:12 Lit dwell ↩
  24. 24. Genesis 16:12 Lit before the face of; or in defiance of ↩
  25. 25. Genesis 16:12 Gen 25:18 ↩
  26. 26. Genesis 16:13 Or You, God, see me ↩
  27. 27. Genesis 16:13 Heb El roi ↩
  28. 28. Genesis 16:13 Gen 32:30; Ps 139:1-12 ↩
  29. 29. Genesis 16:13 Lit seen here after the one who saw me ↩
  30. 30. Genesis 16:14 I.e. the well of the living one who sees me ↩
  31. 31. Genesis 16:14 Gen 14:7 ↩
  32. 32. Genesis 16:16 Gen 12:4; 16:3 ↩
  33. 33. Genesis 16:16 Lit Abram ↩

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