| 1 | Now Sarai, Abram`s wife, had borne him no children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar. |
| 2 | So Sarai said to Abram, "See now, the Lord has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her." And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai. |
| 3 | Then Sarai, Abram`s wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan. |
| 4 | So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became despised in her eyes. |
| 5 | Then Sarai said to Abram, "My wrong be upon you! I gave my maid into your embrace; and when she saw that she had conceived, I became despised in her eyes. The Lord judge between you and me." |
| 6 | So Abram said to Sarai, "Indeed your maid is in your hand; do to her as you please." And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her presence. |
| 7 | Now the Angel of the Lord 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 maid, where have you come from, and where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai." |
| 9 | The Angel of the Lord said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hand." |
| 10 | Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, "I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude." |
| 11 | And the Angel of the Lord said to her: "Behold, you are with child, And you shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, Because the Lord has heard your affliction. |
| 12 | 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 brethren." |
| 13 | Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, You-Are-the-God-Who-Sees; for she said, "Have I also here seen Him who sees me?" |
| 14 | Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; observe, it is between Kadesh and Bered. |
| 15 | So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. |
| 16 | Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram. |