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Now Sarai, Abram 's wife , bare him no children: and she had a handmaid , an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar .
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And Sarai said unto Abram , Behold now, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid ; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
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And Sarai, Abram 's wife , took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid , after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan , and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife .
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And he went in unto Hagar , and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes .
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And Sarai said unto Abram , My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into they bosom ; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes : Jehovah judge between me and thee.
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But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand ; do to her that which is good in thine eyes . And Sarai dealt hardly with her, and she fled from her face .
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And the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness , by the fountain in the way to Shur .
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And he said , Hagar , Sarai's handmaid , whence camest thou? and whither goest thou? And she said , I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.
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And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Return to thy mistress , and submit thyself under her hands .
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And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, I will greatly multiply thy seed , that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
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And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Behold, thou art with child , and shalt bear a son ; and thou shalt call his name Ishmael , because Jehovah hath heard thy affliction .
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And he shall be [as] a wild ass among men; his hand [shall be] against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren .
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And she called the name of Jehovah that spake unto her, Thou art a God that seeth : for she said , Have I even here looked after him that seeth me?
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Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered .
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And Hagar bare Abram a son : and Abram called the name of his son , whom Hagar bare , Ishmael .
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And Abram was fourscore and six years old , when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram .