Genesis 16

16Now Sarai Abram’s wife ^abare him no children: and she had an handmaid, ^ban Egyptian, whose name was ^cHagar. ^2dAnd Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord ^ehath 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. ³And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram ^fhad dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. ⁴And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was ^gdespised in her eyes. ⁵And 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: ^hthe Lord judge between me and thee. ⁶But Abram said unto Sarai, ⁱBehold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her ^†as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai ^†dealt hardly with her, ^kshe fled from her face. ⁷And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the ^lwilderness, by the fountain in the way to ^mShur. ⁸And 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. ⁹And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. ¹⁰And the angel of the Lord said unto her, ⁿI will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. ¹¹And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, ^oand shalt call his name ^||Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction. ^12pAnd he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; ^qand he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. ¹³And 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? ¹⁴Wherefore the well was called ^r||Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between ^sKadesh and Bered. ¹⁵And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, ^tIshmael. ^16*And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.