Revised Version 1895

Genesis 16:1-4

1NowH802Saraiוְשָׂרַי֙ve.sa.RaiH8297Abram’sאַבְרָ֔ם'av.RamH87wifeאֵ֣שֶׁת'E.shetH802bare himnoH3808childrenיָלְדָ֖הYal.dahH3205: andsheH3808had an handmaid, anEgyptianמִצְרִ֖יתmitz.RitH4713,whoseH8034nameוּשְׁמָ֥הּu.she.MahH8034wasHagarהָגָֽר׃ha.GarH1904.

2AndSaraiשָׂרַ֜יsa.RaiH8297saidוַתֹּ֨אמֶרva.To.merH559untoAbramאַבְרָ֗ם'av.RamH87,Beholdהִנֵּה־hi.neh-H2009nowנָ֞אna'H4994, theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hathrestrainedעֲצָרַ֤נִי'a.tza.Ra.niH6113meאֶל־'el-H413frombearingH3205;goבֹּא־bo'-H935in, Iprayנָא֙na'H4994thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shallobtainאִבָּנֶ֖ה'i.ba.NehH1129childrenH3205byherאֶל־'el-H413. AndAbramאַבְרָ֖ם'av.RamH87hearkened to thevoiceלְק֥וֹלle.KolH6963ofSaraiשָׂרָֽי׃sa.RaiH8297.

3AndSaraiשָׂרַ֣יsa.RaiH8297Abram’sאַבְרָ֗ם'av.RamH87wifeאֵֽשֶׁת־'e.shet-H802tookH3947Hagarהָגָ֤רha.GarH1904theEgyptianהַמִּצְרִית֙ha.mitz.RitH4713,herH3947handmaid,afterמִקֵּץ֙mi.KetzH7093Abramאַבְרָ֖ם'av.RamH87haddweltלְשֶׁ֥בֶתle.She.vetH3427tenעֶ֣שֶׂר'E.serH6235yearsשָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimH8141in thelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofCanaanכְּנָ֑עַןke.Na.'anH3667, andgaveוַתִּתֵּ֥ןva.ti.TenH5414herH3947toAbramלְאַבְרָ֥םle.'av.RamH87herH3947husbandאִישָׁ֖הּ'i.ShahH376to be hiswifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃le.'i.ShahH802.

4And hewentוַיָּבֹ֥אvai.ya.Vo'H935in untoHagarהָגָ֖רha.GarH1904, andsheH3588conceivedוַתַּ֑הַרva.Ta.harH2029: and whensheH3588sawוַתֵּ֙רֶא֙va.Te.re'H7200thatsheH3588hadconceivedהָרָ֔תָהha.Ra.tahH2029,herH413mistressגְּבִרְתָּ֖הּge.vir.TahH1404wasdespisedוַתֵּקַ֥לva.te.KalH7043inherH413eyesבְּעֵינֶֽיהָ׃be.'ei.Nei.haH5869.

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