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16 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. And she had a maid—an Egyptian—Hagar by name.
2 And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the LORD has restrained me from childbearing. I urge you to go in to my maid. It may be that I shall receive a child by her.” And Abram obeyed the voice of Sarai.
3 Then Sarai, Abram’s wife (after Abram had dwelled ten years in the land of Canaan) took Hagar, her maid (the Egyptian) and gave her to her husband, Abram, for his wife.
4 And he went in to Hagar; and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, she despised her mistress in her eyes.
5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “You do me wrong. I have given my maid into your bosom; and she sees that she has conceived, and I am despised in her eyes. The LORD judge between you and me.”
6 Then Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do with her as it pleases you.” Then Sarai dealt roughly with her. Therefore, she fled from her.
7 But the Angel of the LORD found her beside a fountain, on the way to Shur.
8 And he said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, from where have you come? And where are you going?” And she said, “I have fled from my mistress, Sarai.”
9 Then, the Angel of the LORD said to her, “Return to your mistress, and humble yourself under her hands.”
10 Again, the Angel of the LORD said to her, “I will so greatly increase your seed that it shall not be numbered for multitude.”
11 Also, the Angel of the LORD said to her, “See, you are with child and shall bear a son, and shall call his name, ‘Ishmael’. For the LORD has heard your tribulation.
12 “And 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 brothers.”
13 Then, she called the Name of the LORD Who spoke to her, “You, God, look upon me!” For she said, “Have I not also looked at the back of Him Who sees me?”
14 Therefore, the well was called, “Beer Lahai Roi”, between Kadesh and Bered.
15 And Hagar bore Abram a son. And Abram called the name of his son whom Hagar bore, “Ishmael”.
16 And Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael.
17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, “I am God, all sufficient. Walk before me and be upright.
2 “And I will make My Covenant between Me and you; and I will multiply you exceedingly.”
3 Then Abram fell on his face; and God talked with him, saying,
4 “Behold, I make My Covenant with you; and you shall be a father of many nations.
5 “Nor shall your name be called Abram anymore; but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
6 “Also, I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and will make nations from you. Indeed, kings shall proceed from you.
7 “Moreover, I will establish My Covenant between Me and you and your seed after you (in their generations, for an everlasting Covenant), to be God to you and to your seed after you.
8 “And I will give you the land wherein you are a stranger, to you and your seed after you, all the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”
9 Again, God said to Abraham, “You also shall keep My Covenant, you and your seed after you, in their generations.
10 “This is My Covenant which you shall keep between Me and you and your seed after you: Let every male child among you be circumcised.
11 “That is, you shall circumcise the foreskin of your flesh; and it shall be a sign of the Covenant between Me and you.
12 “And every male child among you of eight days old shall be circumcised in your generations, as well he who is born in your house (such as he who was bought with money from any stranger; who is not of your seed).
13 “He who is born in your house, and he who was bought with your money, must be circumcised. So, My Covenant shall be in your flesh, for an everlasting Covenant.
14 “But the uncircumcised child (in whose flesh the foreskin is not circumcised), even that person shall be cut off from his people. He has broken My Covenant.”
15 Afterward, God said to Abraham, “Sarai, your wife, you shall not call ‘Sarai’; but ‘Sarah’ shall be her name.
16 “And I will bless her and will also give you a son by her. Indeed, I will bless her; and she shall be the mother of nations. Kings of people shall come from her.”
17 Then, Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to him who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?”
18 And Abraham said to God, “Oh, that Ishmael might live in Your sight.”
19 Then God said, “Sarah, your wife, shall indeed bear you a son. And you shall call his name ‘Isaac’; and I will establish My Covenant with him and with his seed after him, for an everlasting Covenant.
20 “And concerning Ishmael, I have heard you. Lo, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget twelve princes; and I will make a great nation from him.
21 “But I will establish My Covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you next year at this season.”
22 And he ceased talking with him; and God went up from Abraham.
23 Then, Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all who were born in his house, and all that was bought with his money (that is, every male child among the men of Abraham’s house) and he circumcised the foreskin of their flesh on that same day, as God had commanded him.
24 And Abraham himself was ninety-nine years old when the foreskin of his flesh was circumcised.
25 And Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when the foreskin of his flesh was circumcised.
26 Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised the same day.
27 And all the men of his house (born in his house and bought from a stranger, with money) were circumcised with him.
27 “You have heard that it was said to those of old time, ‘You shall not commit adultery’.
28 “But I say to you that whoever looks on a woman, to lust after her, has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
29 “So if your right eye causes you to offend, pluck it out and cast it from you. For better it is for you that one of your members perish than that your whole body should be cast into Hell.
30 “Also if your right hand makes you offend, cut it off, and cast it from you. For better it is for you that one of your members perish than that your whole body should be cast into Hell.
31 “It has been said also, ‘Whoever shall divorce his wife, let him give her a bill of divorcement’.
32 “But I say to you, whoever shall divorce his wife (except for promiscuity) causes her to commit adultery. And whoever shall marry her who is divorced, commits adultery.
33 “Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old time, ‘You shall not swear false oaths, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord’.
34 “But I say to you do not swear at all, neither by Heaven (for it is the throne of God)
35 “nor by the Earth (for it is His footstool), nor by Jerusalem (for it is the city of the great King).
36 “Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.
37 “But let your communication be ‘Yes, yes. No, no.’ For whatever is more than these, comes from evil.
38 “You have heard that it has been said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.”
39 “But I say to you do not resist evil. But whoever shall strike you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40 “And if anyone would sue you, and take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.
41 “And whoever will compel you to go a mile, go with him two.
42 “Give to one who asks, and do not turn away from one who would borrow from you.
43 “You have heard that it has been said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy’.
44 “But I say to you love your enemies. Bless those who curse you. Do good to those who hate you. And pray for those who hurt you and persecute you,
45 “so that you may be the children of your Father, Who is in Heaven. For He makes His Sun to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the just and unjust.
46 “For if you love those who love you, what reward shall you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
47 “And if you are only friendly to your brothers, what singular thing do you do? Do not even the tax collectors do likewise?
48 “You shall therefore be perfect, as your Father, Who is in Heaven, is perfect.”
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