Hagar and Ishmael 2 AKJV And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing: I pray you, go in to my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. BSB BSB: So 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.
3 AKJV And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelled ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. BSB BSB: So 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.
4 AKJV And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. BSB BSB: And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
5 AKJV And Sarai said to Abram, My wrong be on you: I have given my maid into your bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and you. BSB BSB: Then 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.”
6 AKJV But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, your maid is in your hand; do to her as it pleases you. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. BSB BSB: “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.
8 AKJV And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, from where came you? and where will you go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. BSB BSB: “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.
9 AKJV And the angel of the LORD said to her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands. BSB BSB: So the angel of the LORD told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.”
10 AKJV And the angel of the LORD said to her, I will multiply your seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. BSB BSB: Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”
11 AKJV And the angel of the LORD said to her, Behold, you are with child and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael; because the LORD has heard your affliction. BSB BSB: The 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.
12 AKJV And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brothers. BSB BSB: He 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.”
13 AKJV And she called the name of the LORD that spoke to her, You God see me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that sees me? BSB BSB: So 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!”
14 AKJV Why the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. BSB BSB: Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.
15 AKJV And Hagar bore Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bore, Ishmael. BSB BSB: And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
16 AKJV And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram. BSB BSB: Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.