1 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 thy 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.
