[1] Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a
servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar. [2] And Sarai said to
Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for
I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said. [3] So after
Abram had been living for ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai took
Hagar, her Egyptian servant, and gave her to Abram for his wife. [4] And he
went in to Hagar and she became with child, and when she saw that she was
with child, she no longer had any respect for her master's wife. [5] And
Sarai said to Abram, May my wrong be on you: I gave you my servant for your
wife and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any
respect for me: may the Lord be judge between you and me. [6] And Abram
said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you.
And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her. [7] And
an angel of the Lord came to her by a fountain of water in the waste land,
by the fountain on the way to Shur. [8] And he said, Hagar, Sarai's
servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said, I
am running away from Sarai, my master's wife. [9] And the angel said to
her, Go back, and put yourself under her authority. [10] And the angel of
the Lord said, Your seed will be greatly increased so that it may not be
numbered. [11] And the angel of the Lord said, See, you are with child and
will give birth to a son, to whom you will give the name Ishmael, because
the ears of the Lord were open to your sorrow. [12] And he will be like a
mountain ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's
hand against him, and he will keep his place against all his brothers. [13]
And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God
who is seen; for she said, Have I not even here in the waste land had a
vision of God and am still living? [14] So that fountain was named,
Fountain of Life and Vision: it is between Kadesh and Bered. [15] And Hagar
gave birth to a child, the son of Abram, to whom Abram gave the name of
Ishmael. [16] Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to
Ishmael.
