{"book":"Genesis","slug":"genesis","ch":16,"genre":"prose","sub":"The First Book of Moses","prev":"genesis/15","next":"genesis/17","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no [children], but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.","f":[],"h":"Hagar and Ishmael","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"So Sarai said to Abram,“ Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing [children]. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"So Sarai said to Abram,“ Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing [children]. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.”"},{"style":"reg","t":"And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":3,"t":"So after [he] had lived in Canaan for ten years, [his] wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife.","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when [Hagar] realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.","f":["Or her mistress became despised in her sight"]},{"v":5,"t":"Then Sarai said to Abram,“ May the wrong done to me [be] upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"“ Here,” said Abram,“ your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated [Hagar] so harshly that she fled from her.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"Now the angel of the LORD found [Hagar] by a spring of water in the desert — the spring along the road to Shur.","f":["Or Angel; also in verses 9, 10, and 11; corresponding pronouns may also be capitalized."],"style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"“ Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said,“ where have you come from, and where are you going?”“ I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"“ Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said,“ where have you come from, and where are you going?”"},{"style":"reg","t":"“ I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"So the angel of the LORD told her,“ Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"Then the angel added,“ I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"The angel of the LORD proceeded:“ Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.","f":["Ishmael means God hears."],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"The angel of the LORD proceeded:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son."},{"style":"indent2","t":"And you shall name him Ishmael,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"He will be a wild donkey [of a] man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He will be a wild donkey [of a] man,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and his hand will be against everyone,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and everyone’s hand against him;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"he will live in hostility"},{"style":"indent2","t":"toward all his brothers.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"So [Hagar] gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her:“ You are the God who sees me,” for she said,“ Here I have seen the One who sees me!”","f":["Hebrew El-Roi"],"style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.","f":["Beer-lahai-roi means well of the Living One who sees me."]},{"v":15,"t":"And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son [she] had borne.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.","f":[]}]}