nkjv Genesis:16:1-18 SEEK
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Now Sarai ,
Abram '
s wife ,
had borne him no children .
And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar .
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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 .
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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 .
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So he went in to Hagar ,
and she conceived .
And when she saw that she had conceived ,
her mistress became despised in her eyes .
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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 ."
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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 .
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Now the Angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness ,
by the spring on the way to Shur .
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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 ."
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The Angel of the LORD said to her , "
Return to your mistress ,
and submit yourself under her hand ."
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Then the Angel of the LORD said to her , "
I will multiply your descendants exceedingly ,
so that they shall not be counted for multitude ."
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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 .
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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 ."
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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 ?"
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Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi ;
observe ,
it is between Kadesh and Bered .
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So Hagar bore Abram a son ;
and Abram named his son ,
whom Hagar bore ,
Ishmael .
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Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram .
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