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Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not been able to bear children for him. But she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar. |
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So Sarai said to Abram, "The LORD has prevented me from having children. Go and sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have children through her." And Abram agreed with Sarai’s proposal. |
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So Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian servant and gave her to Abram as a wife. (This happened ten years after Abram had settled in the land of Canaan.) |
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So Abram had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. But when Hagar knew she was pregnant, she began to treat her mistress, Sarai, with contempt. |
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Then Sarai said to Abram, "This is all your fault! I put my servant into your arms, but now that she’s pregnant she treats me with contempt. The LORD will show who’s wrong—you or me!" |
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Abram replied, "Look, she is your servant, so deal with her as you see fit." Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she finally ran away. |
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The angel of the LORD found Hagar beside a spring of water in the wilderness, along the road to Shur. |
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The angel said to her, "Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where have you come from, and where are you going?" "I’m running away from my mistress, Sarai," she replied. |
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The angel of the LORD said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit to her authority." |
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Then he added, "I will give you more descendants than you can count." |
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And the angel also said, "You are now pregnant and will give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael (which means ‘God hears’), for the LORD has heard your cry of distress. |
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This son of yours will be a wild man, as untamed as a wild donkey! He will raise his fist against everyone, and everyone will be against him. Yes, he will live in open hostility against all his relatives." |
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Thereafter, Hagar used another name to refer to the LORD, who had spoken to her. She said, "You are the God who sees me."* She also said, "Have I truly seen the One who sees me?" |
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So that well was named Beer-lahai-roi (which means "well of the Living One who sees me"). It can still be found between Kadesh and Bered. |
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So Hagar gave Abram a son, and Abram named him Ishmael. |
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Abram was eighty-six years old when Ishmael was born. |
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