Genesis:16

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* Now Sarai , Abram 's wife , had borne him no children . And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar . * So Sarai said to Abram , "See now , the LORD has restrained me from bearing children . Please , go in to my maid ; perhaps I shall obtain children by her ." And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai . * Then Sarai , Abram 's wife , took Hagar her maid , the Egyptian , and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife , after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan . * So he went in to Hagar , and she conceived . And when she saw that she had conceived , her mistress became despised in her eyes . * Then Sarai said to Abram , "My wrong be upon you ! I gave my maid into your embrace ; and when she saw that she had conceived , I became despised in her eyes . The LORD judge between you and me ." * So Abram said to Sarai , "Indeed your maid is in your hand ; do to her as you please ." And when Sarai dealt harshly with her , she fled from her presence . * Now the Angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness , by the spring on the way to Shur . * And He said , "Hagar , Sarai 's maid , where have you come from , and where are you going ?" She said , "I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai ." * The Angel of the LORD said to her , "Return to your mistress , and submit yourself under her hand ." * Then the Angel of the LORD said to her , "I will multiply your descendants exceedingly , so that they shall not be counted for multitude ." * And the Angel of the LORD said to her : "Behold , you are with child , And you shall bear a son . You shall call his name Ishmael , Because the LORD has heard your affliction . * He shall be a wild man ; His hand shall be against every man , And every man 's hand against him . And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren ." * Then she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her , You-Are-the-God-Who-Sees ; for she said , "Have I also here seen Him who sees me ?" * Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi ; observe , it is between Kadesh and Bered . * So Hagar bore Abram a son ; and Abram named his son , whom Hagar bore , Ishmael . * Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram .

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