Genesis:16

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* Now Sarai Abram 's wife bore him no children ; and she had a handmaid , an Egyptian , whose name [was ] Hagar . * And Sarai said unto Abram , Behold now , the LORD has 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 . * 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 . * And he went in unto Hagar , and she conceived ; and when she saw that she had conceived , her mistress was despised in her eyes . * Then 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 . * But Abram said unto Sarai , Behold , thy maid [is ] in thy hand ; do to her as it pleases thee . Then Sarai afflicted her , and [she ] fled from her face . * And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness , by the fountain in the way to Shur . * And he said , Hagar , Sarai 's maid , where didst thou come from and where wilt thou go ? And she said , I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai . * And the angel of the LORD said unto her , Return to thy mistress , and humble thyself under her hands . * And the angel of the LORD [also ] said unto her , I will multiply thy seed so exceedingly that it shall not be numbered for the multitude . * And the angel of the LORD [yet ] said unto her , Behold , thou [art ] with child and shalt bear a son and shalt call his name Ishmael , because the LORD has heard thy affliction . * 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 . * And she called the name of the LORD that spoke unto her , Thou God that is seen : for she said , Have I not also here seen the back of him that sees me ? * Therefore the well was called Beerlahairoi ; behold , [it is ] between Kadesh and Bered . * And Hagar bore Abram a son ; and Abram called his son 's name , which Hagar bore , Ishmael . * And Abram [was ] eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram .:

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