Genesis 16 (New American Standard Bible)

Genesis 16

Sarai and Hagar

 ¹Now ^(A)Sarai, Abram's wife had borne him no children, and she had ^(B)an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

 ²So Sarai said to Abram, "Now behold, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. ^(C)Please go in to my maid; perhaps I will obtain children through her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

 ³After Abram had lived ^(D)ten years in the land of Canaan, Abram's wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to her husband Abram as his wife.

 ⁴He went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her sight.

 ⁵And Sarai said to Abram, "^(E)May the wrong done me be upon you I gave my maid into your arms, but when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her sight ^(F)May the LORD judge between you and me."

 ⁶But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your power; do to her what is good in your sight." So Sarai treated her harshly, and ^(G)she fled from her presence.

 ⁷Now ^(H)the angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to ^(I)Shur.

 ⁸He said, "Hagar, Sarai's maid, ^(J)where have you come from and where are you going?" And she said, "I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai."

 ⁹Then the angel of the LORD said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself to her authority."

 ¹⁰Moreover, the ^(K)angel of the LORD said to her, "^(L)I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count."

 ¹¹The angel of the LORD said to her further,
         "Behold, you are with child,
         And you will bear a son;
         And you shall call his name ^[a]Ishmael,
         Because ^(M)the LORD has given heed to your affliction.
    ¹²"He will be a ^(N)wild donkey of a man,
         His hand will be against everyone,
         And everyone's hand will be against him;
         And he will live ^(O)to the east of all his brothers."

 ¹³Then she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "You are a God who sees"; for she said, "^(P)Have I even remained alive here after seeing Him?"

 ¹⁴Therefore the well was called ^[b]Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between ^(Q)Kadesh and Bered.

 ¹⁵So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

 ¹⁶Abram was ^(R)eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.