12  And as the sun was just going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, a horror, a great darkness, fell upon him. 13  And he said to Abram, Know assuredly that thy seed will be a sojourner in a land that is not theirs, and they shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years. 14  But also that nation which they shall serve I will judge; and afterwards they shall come out with great property. 15  And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 16  And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

17  And it came to pass when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, that behold, there was a smoking furnace, and a flame of fire which passed between those pieces. 18  On the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates; 19  the Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 20  and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim, 21  and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

Chapter 16

1  And Sarai Abram’s wife did not bear him children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant; and her name was Hagar. 2  And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, Jehovah has shut me up, that I do not bear. Go in, I pray thee, to my maidservant: it may be that I shall be built up by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 3  And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar, the Egyptian, her maidservant, at the end of ten years that Abram had dwelt in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram, as his wife.

4  And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was lightly esteemed in her eyes. 5  And Sarai said to Abram, My wrong be on thee! I have given my maidservant into thy bosom; and now she sees that she has conceived, I am lightly esteemed in her eyes. Jehovah judge between me and thee! 6  And Abram said to Sarai, Behold, thy maidservant is in thy hand: do to her what is good in thine eyes. And Sarai oppressed her; and she fled from her face.

7  And the Angel of Jehovah found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. 8  And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maidservant, whence comest thou? and whither art thou going? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai. 9  And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

10  And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 11  And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael, because Jehovah hath hearkened to thy affliction. 12  And he will be a wild-ass of a man, his hand against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell before the face of all his brethren. 13  And she called the name of Jehovah who spoke to her, Thou art the •God who reveals himself, for she said, Also here have I seen after he has revealed himself. 14  Therefore the well was named Beer-lahai-roi: behold, it is 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 Ishmael to Abram.