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Genesis 16
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Genesis 16
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Hagar and Ishmael
16 Now Sarai,(A) Abram’s wife, had borne him no children.(B) But she had an Egyptian slave(C) named Hagar;(D) 2 so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children.(E) Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.”(F)
Abram agreed to what Sarai said. 3 So after Abram had been living in Canaan(G) ten years,(H) Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife. 4 He slept with Hagar,(I) and she conceived.
When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.(J) 5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the Lord judge between you and me.”(K)
6 “Your slave is in your hands,(L)” Abram said. “Do with her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai mistreated(M) Hagar; so she fled from her.
7 The angel of the Lord(N) found Hagar near a spring(O) in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur.(P) 8 And he said, “Hagar,(Q) slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?”(R)
“I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.
9 Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.” 10 The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.”(S)
11 The angel of the Lord(T) also said to her:
“You are now pregnant
and you will give birth to a son.(U)
You shall name him(V) Ishmael,[a](W)
for the Lord has heard of your misery.(X)
12 He will be a wild donkey(Y) of a man;
his hand will be against everyone
and everyone’s hand against him,
and he will live in hostility
toward[b] all his brothers.(Z)”
13 She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,(AA)” for she said, “I have now seen[c] the One who sees me.”(AB) 14 That is why the well(AC) was called Beer Lahai Roi[d];(AD) it is still there, between Kadesh(AE) and Bered.
15 So Hagar(AF) bore Abram a son,(AG) and Abram gave the name Ishmael(AH) to the son she had borne. 16 Abram was eighty-six years old(AI) when Hagar bore him Ishmael.
Footnotes
- Genesis 16:11 Ishmael means God hears.
- Genesis 16:12 Or live to the east / of
- Genesis 16:13 Or seen the back of
- Genesis 16:14 Beer Lahai Roi means well of the Living One who sees me.
Génesis 16
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Génesis 16
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La esclava Agar
16 Hasta ese día Saray, la esposa de Abram, no le había podido dar ningún hijo, pero ella tenía una esclava egipcia llamada Agar. 2 Entonces Saray le dijo a Abram:
—Tú sabes que el SEÑOR no me ha permitido tener hijos, así que ten relaciones sexuales con mi esclava. Tal vez yo pueda tener un hijo por medio de ella.
Abram hizo lo que Saray le dijo. 3 Cuando Abram llevaba diez años viviendo en la tierra de Canaán, su esposa Saray tomó a su esclava Agar y se la dio como mujer a su esposo Abram.
4 Abram tuvo relaciones sexuales con Agar y ella quedó embarazada. Cuando ella se enteró de que estaba embarazada, empezó a creerse más que Saray. 5 Entonces Saray le dijo a Abram:
—Tú eres el culpable de lo que me está pasando. Yo misma entregué a mi esclava en tus brazos y cuando ella vio que estaba embarazada, me volví despreciable para ella. Que el SEÑOR decida quién, entre tú y yo, tiene la razón.
6 Pero Abram le dijo a Saray:
—Mira, esa esclava es tuya, haz con ella lo que tú quieras.
Entonces Saray trató mal a la esclava, y la esclava huyó.
Ismael, el hijo de Agar
7 Un ángel del SEÑOR la encontró en el desierto cerca de una fuente de agua que está en el camino de Sur, 8 y le dijo:
—Agar, esclava de Saray, ¿de dónde vienes y para dónde vas?
Y ella respondió:
—Estoy huyendo de mi señora Saray.
9 Después el ángel del SEÑOR le dijo:
—Regresa a tu señora y sométete a su autoridad.
10 Además el ángel del SEÑOR le dijo:
—Multiplicaré a tus hijos grandemente, tanto que no podrán contarse.
11 El ángel del SEÑOR también le dijo:
—Ahora que estás embarazada,
darás a luz a un hijo al que llamarás Ismael[a]
ya que el SEÑOR ha escuchado tu tristeza.
12 Será tan libre como un asno salvaje.
Luchará contra todo el mundo
y todo el mundo luchará contra él.
Vivirá en desacuerdo con todos sus hermanos.[b]
13 Como el SEÑOR le había hablado, ella le puso por nombre: «Eres el Dios que me ve»[c], porque como ella dijo: «En realidad he visto aquí a Aquel que me ve».[d] 14 Por eso, esa fuente fue llamada «Pozo del Ser Viviente que me ve»[e], y todavía está ahí, entre Cades y Béred.
15 Agar dio a luz al hijo de Abram, y Abram lo llamó Ismael. 16 Abram tenía 86 años de edad cuando Agar dio a luz a su hijo Ismael.
Footnotes
- 16:11 Ismael Este nombre significa Dios escucha.
- 16:12 Luchará […] hermanos o Su mano estará contra todos y la mano de todos estará contra él. Vivirá a lo largo de la frontera de sus hermanos.
- 16:13 Dios que me ve Textualmente en hebreo: El Roí.
- 16:13 En realidad […] me ve No se conoce el verdadero sentido de esta frase en hebreo.
- 16:14 Ser Viviente que me ve Textualmente en hebreo: Ber Lajay Roí.
Genesis 16
Lexham English Bible
Genesis 16
Lexham English Bible
Sarai and Hagar
16 Now[a] Sarai, the wife of Abram, had borne him no children. And she had a female Egyptian servant, and her name was Hagar. 2 And Sarai said to Abram, “Look, please, Yahweh has prevented me from bearing children. Please go in to my servant; perhaps I will have children by her.”[b] And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. 3 Then[c] Sarai, the wife of Abram, took Hagar, her Egyptian servant, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband as his wife. 4 And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she[d] saw that she had conceived, then her mistress grew small in her eyes. 5 And Sarai said to Abram, “may my harm be upon you. I had my servant sleep with you,[e] and when she saw that she had conceived, she no longer respected me.[f] May Yahweh judge between me and you!” 6 And Abram said to Sarai, “Look, your servant is under your authority.[g] Do to her that which is good in your eyes.” And Sarai mistreated her, and she[h] fled from her presence.
Hagar and the Angel of Yahweh
7 And the angel of Yahweh found her at a spring of water in the wilderness, at the spring by the road of Shur. 8 And he said to Hagar, the servant of Sarai, “From where[i] have you come, and where are you going?” And she said, “I am fleeing from the presence of Sarai my mistress.” 9 Then[j] the angel of Yahweh said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit yourself under her authority.”[k] 10 And the angel of Yahweh said to her, “I will greatly multiply[l] your offspring, so that they cannot be counted for their abundance.” 11 And the angel of Yahweh said to her:
“Behold, you are pregnant
and shall have a son.
And you shall call his name Ishmael,
for Yahweh has listened to your suffering.
12 And he shall be a wild donkey of a man,
his hand will be against everyone,
and the hand of everyone will be against him,
and he will live in hostility with all his brothers.”[m]
13 So[n] she called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, “You are El-Roi,”[o] for she said, “Here I have seen after he who sees me.” 14 Therefore the well was called Beer-Lahai-Roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. 15 And Hagar had a child for Abram, a son. And Abram called the name of his son whom Hagar bore to him, Ishmael. 16 And Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
Footnotes
- Genesis 16:1 Or “And”
- Genesis 16:2 Literally “I will be built from her”
- Genesis 16:3 Or “And”
- Genesis 16:4 That is, Hagar
- Genesis 16:5 Literally “I put my servant in your lap”
- Genesis 16:5 Literally “I grew small in her eyes”
- Genesis 16:6 Literally “in your hand”
- Genesis 16:6 That is, Hagar
- Genesis 16:8 Literally “where from this”
- Genesis 16:9 Or “And”
- Genesis 16:9 Literally “her hand”
- Genesis 16:10 Literally “multiplying I will multiply”
- Genesis 16:12 Literally “against the face of all his brothers”
- Genesis 16:13 Or “And”
- Genesis 16:13 “God of seeing”
Genesis 16
King James Version
Genesis 16
King James Version
16 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath 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.
3 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.
4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
5 And 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.
6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
7 And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
9 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
10 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
11 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.
12 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.
13 And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
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