16:1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar;
The NIV Book of Genesis , Chapter 16 , Verse 1 , Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar;
16:2 so she said to Abram, 'The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her.' Abram agreed to what Sarai said.
The NIV Book of Genesis , Chapter 16 , Verse 2 , so she said to Abram, 'The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her.' Abram agreed to what Sarai said.
16:3 So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife.
The NIV Book of Genesis , Chapter 16 , Verse 3 , So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife.
16:4 He slept with Hagar, and she conceived. When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
The NIV Book of Genesis , Chapter 16 , Verse 4 , He slept with Hagar, and she conceived. When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
16:5 Then Sarai said to Abram, 'You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my servant in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the LORD judge between you and me.'
The NIV Book of Genesis , Chapter 16 , Verse 5 , Then Sarai said to Abram, 'You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my servant in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the LORD judge between you and me.'
16:6 'Your servant is in your hands,' Abram said. 'Do with her whatever you think best.' Then Sarai mistreated Hagar; so she fled from her.
The NIV Book of Genesis , Chapter 16 , Verse 6 , 'Your servant is in your hands,' Abram said. 'Do with her whatever you think best.' Then Sarai mistreated Hagar; so she fled from her.
16:7 The angel of the LORD found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur.
The NIV Book of Genesis , Chapter 16 , Verse 7 , The angel of the LORD found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur.
16:8 And he said, 'Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?' 'I'm running away from my mistress Sarai,' she answered.
The NIV Book of Genesis , Chapter 16 , Verse 8 , And he said, 'Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?' 'I'm running away from my mistress Sarai,' she answered.
16:9 Then the angel of the LORD told her, 'Go back to your mistress and submit to her.'
The NIV Book of Genesis , Chapter 16 , Verse 9 , Then the angel of the LORD told her, 'Go back to your mistress and submit to her.'
16:10 The angel added, 'I will so increase your descendants that they will be too numerous to count.'
The NIV Book of Genesis , Chapter 16 , Verse 10 , The angel added, 'I will so increase your descendants that they will be too numerous to count.'
16:11 The angel of the LORD also said to her: 'You are now with child and you will have a son. You shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard of your misery.
The NIV Book of Genesis , Chapter 16 , Verse 11 , The angel of the LORD also said to her: 'You are now with child and you will have a son. You shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard of your misery.
16:12 He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.'
The NIV Book of Genesis , Chapter 16 , Verse 12 , He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.'
16:13 She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: 'You are the God who sees me,' for she said, 'I have now seen the One who sees me.'
The NIV Book of Genesis , Chapter 16 , Verse 13 , She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: 'You are the God who sees me,' for she said, 'I have now seen the One who sees me.'
16:14 That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi ; it is still there, between Kadesh and Bered.
The NIV Book of Genesis , Chapter 16 , Verse 14 , That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi ; it is still there, between Kadesh and Bered.
16:15 So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
The NIV Book of Genesis , Chapter 16 , Verse 15 , So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
16:16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael.
The NIV Book of Genesis , Chapter 16 , Verse 16 , Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael.
