[1] Now Sar'ai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had an Egyptian
maid whose name was Hagar; [2] and Sar'ai said to Abram, "Behold now, the
LORD has prevented me from bearing children; go in to my maid; it may be
that I shall obtain children by her." And Abram hearkened to the voice of
Sar'ai. [3] So, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan,
Sar'ai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to
Abram her husband as a wife. [4] And he went in to Hagar, and she
conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with
contempt on her mistress. [5] And Sar'ai said to Abram, "May the wrong done
to me be on you! I gave my maid to your embrace, and when she saw that she
had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the LORD judge between
you and me!" [6] But Abram said to Sar'ai, "Behold, your maid is in your
power; do to her as you please." Then Sar'ai dealt harshly with her, and
she fled from her. [7] The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water
in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur. [8] And he said, "Hagar,
maid of Sar'ai, where have you come from and where are you going?" She
said, "I am fleeing from my mistress Sar'ai." [9] The angel of the LORD
said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit to her." [10] The angel
of the LORD also said to her, "I will so greatly multiply your descendants
that they cannot be numbered for multitude." [11] And the angel of the LORD
said to her, "Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son; you shall
call his name Ish'mael; because the LORD has given heed to your affliction.
[12] He shall be a wild ass of a man, his hand against every man and every
man's hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen."
[13] So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "Thou art a God
of seeing"; for she said, "Have I really seen God and remained alive after
seeing him?" [14] Therefore the well was called Beer-la'hai-roi; it lies
between Kadesh and Bered. [15] And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called
the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ish'mael. [16] Abram was eighty-six
years old when Hagar bore Ish'mael to Abram.
