16:001

Now Sarai Abram's wife bore him no children; and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar

16:002

And Sarai said unto Abram: 'Behold now, HaShem hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall be builded up through her.' And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai

16:003

And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife

16:004

And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes

16:005

And Sarai said unto Abram: 'My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: HaShem judge between me and thee.

16:006

But Abram said unto Sarai: 'Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes.' And Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face

16:007

And the angel of HaShem found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur

16:008

And he said: 'Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou?' And she said: 'I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

16:009

And the angel of HaShem said unto her: 'Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

16:010

And the angel of HaShem said unto her: 'I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude

16:011

And the angel of HaShem said unto her: 'Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because HaShem hath heard thy affliction

16:012

And he shall be a wild ass of a man: his hand shall be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the face of all his brethren.

16:013

And she called the name of HaShem that spoke unto her, Thou art a G-d of seeing; for she said: 'Have I even here seen Him that seeth Me?

16:014

Wherefore the well was called 'Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered

16:015

And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael

16:016

And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram