Genesis, 16

1. Abram's wife Sarai had borne him no child, but she had an Egyptian slave-girl called Hagar.

1. Now Sar'ai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar;

2. So Sarai said to Abram, 'Listen, now! Since Yahweh has kept me from having children, go to my slave-girl. Perhaps I shall get children through her.' And Abram took Sarai's advice.

2. and Sar'ai 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 Sar'ai.

3. Thus, after Abram had lived in the land of Canaan for ten years, Sarai took Hagar her Egyptian slave-girl and gave her to Abram as his wife.

3. So, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, Sar'ai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife.

4. He went to Hagar and she conceived. And once she knew she had conceived, her mistress counted for nothing in her eyes.

4. And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress.

5. Then Sarai said to Abram, 'This outrage done to me is your fault! It was I who put my slave-girl into your arms but, now she knows that she has conceived, I count for nothing in her eyes. Yahweh judge between me and you!'

5. And Sar'ai 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!"

6. 'Very well,' Abram said to Sarai, 'your slave-girl is at your disposal. Treat her as you think fit.' Sarai accordingly treated her so badly that she ran away from her.

6. But Abram said to Sar'ai, "Behold, your maid is in your power; do to her as you please." Then Sar'ai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her.

7. The angel of Yahweh found her by a spring in the desert, the spring on the road to Shur.

7. The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.

8. He said, 'Hagar, slave-girl of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?' 'I am running away from my mistress Sarai,' she replied.

8. And he said, "Hagar, maid of Sar'ai, where have you come from and where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from my mistress Sar'ai."

9. The angel of Yahweh said to her, 'Go back to your mistress and submit to her.'

9. The angel of the LORD said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit to her."

10. The angel of Yahweh further said to her, 'I shall make your descendants too numerous to be counted.'

10. The angel of the LORD also said to her, "I will so greatly multiply your descendants that they cannot be numbered for multitude."

11. Then the angel of Yahweh said to her: Now, you have conceived and will bear a son, and you shall name him Ishmael, for Yahweh has heard your cries of distress.

11. And the angel of the LORD said to her, "Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son; you shall call his name Ish'mael; because the LORD has given heed to your affliction.

12. A wild donkey of a man he will be, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him, living his life in defiance of all his kinsmen.

12. 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."

13. Hagar gave a name to Yahweh who had spoken to her, 'You are El Roi,' by which she meant, 'Did I not go on seeing here, after him who sees me?'

13. 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?"

14. This is why the well is called the well of Lahai Roi; it is between Kadesh and Bered.

14. Therefore the well was called Beer-la'hai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.

15. Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave his son borne by Hagar the name Ishmael.

15. And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ish'mael.

16. Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael.

16. Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ish'mael to Abram.