| New King James Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar. | 1Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar. |
| 2So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai. | 2So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. |
| 3Then Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan. | 3So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife. |
| 4So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became despised in her eyes. | 4And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress. |
| 5Then Sarai said to Abram, “My wrong be upon you! I gave my maid into your embrace; and when she saw that she had conceived, I became despised in her eyes. The LORD judge between you and me.” | 5Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.” |
| 6So Abram said to Sarai, “Indeed your maid is in your hand; do to her as you please.” And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her presence. | 6“Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her. |
| 7Now the Angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. | 7Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur. |
| 8And He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where have you come from, and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.” | 8“Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied. |
| 9The Angel of the LORD said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hand.” | 9So the angel of the LORD told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.” |
| 10Then the Angel of the LORD said to her, “I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.” | 10Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.” |
| 11And the Angel of the LORD said to her: “Behold, you are with child, And you shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, Because the LORD has heard your affliction. | 11The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction. |
| 12He shall be a wild man; His hand shall be against every man, And every man’s hand against him. And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.” | 12He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.” |
| 13Then she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, You-Are- the-God-Who-Sees; for she said, “Have I also here seen Him who sees me?” | 13So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!” |
| 14Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; observe, it is between Kadesh and Bered. | 14Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered. |
| 15So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. | 15And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne. |
| 16Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram. | 16Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him. |
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