Genesis 16  Lexham English Bible

Sarai and Hagar

16 Now^[a] Sarai, the wife of Abram, had borne him no children. And she had a female Egyptian servant, and her name was Hagar. ² And Sarai said to Abram, “Look, please, Yahweh has prevented me from bearing children. Please go in to my servant; perhaps I will have children by her.”^[b] And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. ³ Then^[c] Sarai, the wife of Abram, took Hagar, her Egyptian servant, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband as his wife. ⁴ And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she^[d] saw that she had conceived, then her mistress grew small in her eyes. ⁵ And Sarai said to Abram, “may my harm be upon you. I had my servant sleep with you,^[e] and when she saw that she had conceived, she no longer respected me.^[f] May Yahweh judge between me and you!” ⁶ And Abram said to Sarai, “Look, your servant is under your authority.^[g] Do to her that which is good in your eyes.” And Sarai mistreated her, and she^[h] fled from her presence.

Hagar and the Angel of Yahweh

⁷ And the angel of Yahweh found her at a spring of water in the wilderness, at the spring by the road of Shur. ⁸ And he said to Hagar, the servant of Sarai, “From where^[i] have you come, and where are you going?” And she said, “I am fleeing from the presence of Sarai my mistress.” ⁹ Then^[j] the angel of Yahweh said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit yourself under her authority.”^{[k] 10} And the angel of Yahweh said to her, “I will greatly multiply^[l] your offspring, so that they cannot be counted for their abundance.” ¹¹ And the angel of Yahweh said to her:

¹³ So^[n] she called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, “You are El-Roi,”^[o] for she said, “Here I have seen after he who sees me.” ¹⁴ Therefore the well was called Beer-Lahai-Roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. ¹⁵ And Hagar had a child for Abram, a son. And Abram called the name of his son whom Hagar bore to him, Ishmael. ¹⁶ And Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.