| New King James Version | International Standard Version |
| 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 not borne a child for him. She had an Egyptian servant girl whose name was 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 told Abram, "You are well aware that the LORD has prevented me from giving birth to a child. Go have sex with my servant, so that I may possibly bear a son through her." Abram listened to Sarai's suggestion, |
| 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 Abram's wife Sarai took her Egyptian servant, Hagar, and gave her as a wife to her husband Abram. This took place ten years after Abram had settled in the land of Canaan. |
| 4So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became despised in her eyes. | 4He had sex with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When she realized that she was pregnant, she looked with contempt on 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 told Abram, "My suffering is your fault! I gave you my servant so you could have sex with her , and when she discovered that she was pregnant, she looked on 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. | 6Abram answered Sarai, "Look, your servant is under your control, so do to her as you wish." So Sarai dealt so harshly with Hagar that she ran away from Sarai. |
| 7Now the Angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. | 7The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the desert on 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 asked, "Where are you coming from and where are you going?" She answered, "I am running away from my mistress Sarai." |
| 9The Angel of the LORD said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hand.” | 9The angel of the LORD told her, "You must go back 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.” | 10The angel of the LORD also told her, "I will greatly multiply your offspring, who will be too many 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. | 11"Look, you are pregnant and will give birth to a son," the angel of the LORD continued to say to her. "You will name him Ishmael, because the LORD has heard your cry of misery. |
| 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'll be a wild donkey of a man. He'll be against everyone, and everyone will be against him. He will live in conflict with all of his relatives." |
| 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 she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "You are 'God who sees,' because I have truly seen the one who looks after me." |
| 14Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; observe, it is between Kadesh and Bered. | 14That's why the spring was called, "The Well of the Living One who Looks after Me." It was between Kadesh and Bered. |
| 15So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. | 15Hagar eventually gave birth to Abram's son. Abram named his son whom Hagar bore Ishmael. |
| 16Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram. | 16Abram was 86 years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael for Abram. |
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