Genesis 16 (NET)

Genesis 16:1¹Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 16:2²So Sarai said to Abram, “Since the Lord has prevented me from having children, please sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have a family by her.” Abram did what Sarai told him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 16:3³So after Abram had lived in Canaan for ten years, Sarai, Abram’s wife, gave Hagar, her Egyptian servant, to her husband to be his wife.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 16:4⁴He slept with Hagar, and she became pregnant. Once Hagar realized she was pregnant, she despised Sarai.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 16:5⁵Then Sarai said to Abram, “You have brought this wrong on me! I gave my servant into your embrace, but when she realized that she was pregnant, she despised me. May the Lord judge between you and me!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 16:6⁶Abram said to Sarai, “Since your servant is under your authority, do to her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai treated Hagar harshly, so she ran away from Sarai.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 16:7⁷The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring of water in the wilderness—the spring that is along the road to Shur.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 16:8⁸He said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?” She replied, “I’m running away from my mistress, Sarai.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 16:9⁹Then the angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 16:10¹⁰I will greatly multiply your descendants,” the angel of the Lord added, “so that they will be too numerous to count.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 16:11¹¹Then the angel of the Lord said to her, “You are now pregnant and are about to give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard your painful groans.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 16:12¹²He will be a wild donkey of a man. He will be hostile to everyone, and everyone will be hostile to him. He will live away from his brothers.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 16:13¹³So Hagar named the Lord who spoke to her, “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen one who sees me!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 16:14¹⁴That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. (It is located between Kadesh and Bered.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 16:15¹⁵So Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son, whom Abram named Ishmael.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 16:16¹⁶(Now Abram was 86 years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s