Genesis - 16

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 - .