Thematic Bible
Genesis 16:1 (show verse)
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no sons. And she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
Genesis 16:2 (show verse)
And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, LORD has restrained me from bearing. Go in, I pray thee, to my handmaid. It may be that I will obtain sons by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
Genesis 16:3 (show verse)
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.
Genesis 16:4 (show verse)
And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
Genesis 16:5 (show verse)
And Sarai said to Abram, My wrong be upon thee. I gave my handmaid into they bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. LORD judge between me and thee.
Genesis 16:6 (show verse)
But Abram said to 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.
Genesis 16:7 (show verse)
And the agent of LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Genesis 16:8 (show verse)
And he said, Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, from where have thou come? And where are thou going? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.
Genesis 16:9 (show verse)
And the agent of LORD said to her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
Genesis 16:10 (show verse)
And the agent of LORD said to her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
Genesis 16:11 (show verse)
And the agent of LORD said to her, Behold, thou are with child, and shall bear a son, and thou shall call his name Ishmael, because LORD has heard thy affliction.
Genesis 16:12 (show verse)
And he will be a wild donkey among men, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him, and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brothers.
Genesis 16:13 (show verse)
And she called the name of LORD who spoke to her, Thou are a God who sees, for she said, Have I even here looked behind him who sees me?
Genesis 16:14 (show verse)
Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis 16:15 (show verse)
And Hagar bore Abram a son. And Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
Genesis 16:16 (show verse)
And Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.