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Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar; |
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and Sarai said to Abram, "Behold now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children; go in to my maid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her." And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. |
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So, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife. |
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And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress. |
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And Sarai said to Abram, "May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my maid to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me!" |
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But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your power; do to her as you please." Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her. |
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The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur. |
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And he said, "Hagar, maid of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai." |
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9
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The angel of the LORD said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit to her." |
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10
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The angel of the LORD also said to her, "I will so greatly multiply your descendants that they cannot be numbered for multitude." |
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11
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And the angel of the LORD said to her, "Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son; you shall call his name Ishmael; because the LORD has given heed to your affliction. |
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12
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He shall be a wild ass of a man, his hand against every man and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen." |
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So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "Thou art a God of seeing"; for she said, "Have I really seen God and remained alive after seeing him?" |
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14
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Therefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered. |
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15
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And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. |
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Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram. |
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