KJV_Strong : Genesis 16
1. Now Sarai[H8297] Abram's[H87] wife[H802] bore him no children:[H3205] [H3808] and she had an handmaid,[H8198] an Egyptian,[H4713] whose name[H8034] was Hagar.[H1904]
2. And Sarai[H8297] said[H559] unto[H413] Abram,[H87] Behold[H2009] now,[H4994] the LORD[H3068] hath restrained[H6113] me from bearing:[H4480] [H3205] I pray thee,[H4994] go in[H935] unto[H413] my maid;[H8198] it may be[H194] that I may obtain children[H1129] by[H4480] her. And Abram[H87] hearkened[H8085] to the voice[H6963] of Sarai.[H8297]
3. And Sarai[H8297] Abram's[H87] wife[H802] took[H3947] [H853] Hagar[H1904] her maid[H8198] the Egyptian,[H4713] after[H4480] [H7093] Abram[H87] had dwelt[H3427] ten[H6235] years[H8141] in the land[H776] of Canaan,[H3667] and gave[H5414] her to her husband[H376] Abram[H87] to be his wife.[H802]
4. And he went in[H935] unto[H413] Hagar,[H1904] and she conceived:[H2029] and when she saw[H7200] that[H3588] she had conceived,[H2029] her mistress[H1404] was despised[H7043] in her eyes.[H5869]
5. And Sarai[H8297] said[H559] unto[H413] Abram,[H87] My wrong[H2555] be upon[H5921] thee: I[H595] have given[H5414] my maid[H8198] into thy bosom;[H2436] and when she saw[H7200] that[H3588] she had conceived,[H2029] I was despised[H7043] in her eyes:[H5869] the LORD[H3068] judge[H8199] between[H996] me and thee.
6. But Abram[H87] said[H559] unto[H413] Sarai,[H8297] Behold,[H2009] thy maid[H8198] is in thy hand;[H3027] do[H6213] to her as it pleaseth[H2896] [H5869] thee. And when Sarai[H8297] dealt hardly[H6031] with her, she fled[H1272] from her face.[H4480] [H6440]
7. And the angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068] found[H4672] her by[H5921] a fountain[H5869] of water[H4325] in the wilderness,[H4057] by[H5921] the fountain[H5869] in the way[H1870] to Shur.[H7793]
8. And he said,[H559] Hagar,[H1904] Sarai's[H8297] maid,[H8198] whence[H335] [H4480] [H2088] camest[H935] thou? and whither[H575] wilt thou go?[H1980] And she said,[H559] I[H595] flee[H1272] from the face[H4480] [H6440] of my mistress[H1404] Sarai.[H8297]
9. And the angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068] said[H559] unto her, Return[H7725] to[H413] thy mistress,[H1404] and submit thyself[H6031] under[H8478] her hands.[H3027]
10. And the angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068] said[H559] unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly,[H7235] [H7235] [H853] [H2233] that it shall not[H3808] be numbered[H5608] for multitude.[H4480] [H7230]
11. And the angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068] said[H559] unto her,
12.
13. And she called[H7121] the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068] that spoke[H1696] unto[H413] her, Thou[H859] God[H410] seest[H7210] me: for[H3588] she said,[H559] Have I also[H1571] here[H1988] looked[H7200] after[H310] him that seeth[H7200] me?
14. Wherefore[H5921] [H3651] the well[H875] was called[H7121] Beer-lahai-roi;[H883] behold,[H2009] it is between[H996] Kadesh[H6946] and Bered.[H1260]
15. And Hagar[H1904] bore[H3205] Abram[H87] a son:[H1121] and Abram[H87] called[H7121] his son's[H1121] name,[H8034] which[H834] Hagar[H1904] bore,[H3205] Ishmael.[H3458]
16. And Abram[H87] was fourscore[H8084] and six[H8337] years[H8141] old,[H1121] when Hagar[H1904] bore[H3205] [H853] Ishmael[H3458] to Abram.[H87]
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