Genesis:16:2-
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And Sarai said unto Abram ,
Behold now ,
the LORD hath restrained me from bearing :
I pray thee ,
go in unto my maid ;
it may be that I may obtain children by her .
And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai .
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And Sarai Abram '
s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian ,
after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan ,
and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife .
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And he went in unto Hagar ,
and she conceived :
and when she saw that she had conceived ,
her mistress was despised in her eyes .
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And Sarai said unto Abram ,
My wrong be upon thee :
I have given my maid into thy bosom ;
and when she saw that she had conceived ,
I was despised in her eyes :
the LORD judge between me and thee .
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But Abram said unto Sarai ,
Behold ,
thy maid is in thy hand ;
do to her as it pleaseth thee .
And when Sarai dealt hardly with her ,
she fled from her face .
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And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness ,
by the fountain in the way to Shur .
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And he said ,
Hagar ,
Sarai '
s maid ,
whence camest thou ?
and whither wilt thou go ?
And she said ,
I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai .
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And the angel of the LORD said unto her ,
Return to thy mistress ,
and submit thyself under her hands .
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And the angel of the LORD said unto her ,
I will multiply thy seed exceedingly ,
that it shall not be numbered for multitude .
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And the angel of the LORD said unto her ,
Behold ,
thou art with child ,
and shalt bear a son ,
and shalt call his name Ishmael ;
because the LORD hath heard thy affliction .
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And he will be a wild man ;
his hand will be against every man ,
and every man '
s hand against him ;
and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren .
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And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her ,
Thou God seest me :
for she said ,
Have I also here looked after him that seeth me ?
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Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi ;
behold ,
it is between Kadesh and Bered .
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And Hagar bare Abram a son :
and Abram called his son '
s name ,
which Hagar bare ,
Ishmael .
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And Abram was fourscore and six years old ,
when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram .