Genesis 16:5-14

Christian Standard Bible

⁵ Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for my suffering!^[a] I put my slave in your arms,^[b] and when she saw that she was pregnant, I became contemptible to her. May the Lord judge between me and you.”^(A)

⁶ Abram replied to Sarai, “Here, your slave is in your power; do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai mistreated her so much that she ran away from her.

⁷ The angel of the Lord^(B) found her by a spring in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur. ⁸ He said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?”

She replied, “I’m running away from my mistress Sarai.”

⁹ The angel of the Lord said to her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her authority.” ¹⁰ The angel of the Lord said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring,^(C) and they will be too many to count.”

¹¹ The angel of the Lord said to her, “You have conceived and will have a son. You will name him Ishmael,^[c] for the Lord has heard your cry of affliction. ¹² This man will be like a wild donkey. His hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand will be against him; he will settle near all his relatives.”^(D)

¹³ So she named the Lord who spoke to her: “You are El-roi,”^[d] for she said, “In this place, have I actually seen^(E) the one who sees me?” ^{[e] 14} That is why the well is called Beer-lahai-roi.^[f] It is between Kadesh and Bered.