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Genesis 16:6-9

6But Abramאַבְרָ֜ם'av.RamH87saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Saraiשָׂרַ֗יsa.RaiH8297, “Lookהִנֵּ֤הhi.NehH2009,your slaveH8198womanH8198is in yourpowerבְּיָדֵ֔ךְbe.ya.DekhH3027;doעֲשִׂי־'a.si-H6213to her whatH2896isH2896goodהַטּ֣וֹבha.TovH2896in yoursightבְּעֵינָ֑יִךְbe.'ei.Na.yikhH5869.”So Saraiשָׂרַ֔יsa.RaiH8297treatedH6031her harshlyH6031, andshe fledוַתִּבְרַ֖חva.tiv.RachH1272from her presenceמִפָּנֶֽיהָ׃mi.pa.Nei.haH6440.

7Nowthe angelמַלְאַ֧ךְmal.'AkhH4397of the Lordיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068foundוַֽיִּמְצָאָ֞הּvai.yim.tza.'AhH4672her by a springH5871of waterהַמַּ֖יִםha.Ma.yimH4325in the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.BarH4057,by the springH5871on the wayבְּדֶ֥רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870toShurשֽׁוּר׃ShurH7793.

8He saidוַיֹּאמַ֗רvai.yo.MarH559, “Hagarהָגָ֞רha.GarH1904,Sarai’sשָׂרַ֛יsa.RaiH8297slaveH8198womanH8198,from whereאֵֽי־ מִזֶּ֥ה'ei- mi.ZehH335 H2088have you comeבָ֖אתvatH935,and whereוְאָ֣נָהve.'A.nahH575are you goingתֵלֵ֑כִיte.Le.khiH1980?”And she saidוַתֹּ֕אמֶרva.To.merH559, “I am fleeingבֹּרַֽחַת׃bo.Ra.chatH1272from the presenceמִפְּנֵי֙mi.pe.NeiH6440of my mistressגְּבִרְתִּ֔יge.vir.TiH1404Saraiשָׂרַ֣יsa.RaiH8297.”

9So the angelמַלְאַ֣ךְmal.'AkhH4397of the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to her, “Returnשׁ֖וּבִיShu.viH7725to your mistressגְּבִרְתֵּ֑ךְge.vir.TekhH1404,and submitוְהִתְעַנִּ֖יve.hit.'a.NiH6031to her authorityיָדֶֽיהָ׃ya.Dei.haH3027.”

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