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And Sarai Abram 's wife did not bear him [children]. And she had an Egyptian maidservant ; and her name was Hagar .
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And Sarai said to Abram , Behold now, Jehovah has shut me up, that I do not bear. Go in, I pray thee, to my maidservant : it may be that I shall be built up by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
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And Sarai Abram 's wife took Hagar , the Egyptian, her maidservant , at the end of ten years that Abram had dwelt in the land of Canaan , and gave her to her husband Abram , as his wife .
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And he went in to Hagar , and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was lightly esteemed in her eyes .
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And Sarai said to Abram , My wrong be on thee! I have given my maidservant into thy bosom ; and now she sees that she has conceived, I am lightly esteemed in her eyes . Jehovah judge between me and thee!
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And Abram said to Sarai, Behold, thy maidservant is in thy hand : do to her what is good in thine eyes . And Sarai oppressed her; and she fled from her face .
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And the Angel of Jehovah found her by a spring of water in the wilderness , by the spring on the way to Shur .
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And he said , Hagar , Sarai's maidservant , whence comest thou? and whither art thou going ? And she said , I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.
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And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, Return to thy mistress , and submit thyself under her hands .
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And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
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And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, Behold, thou art with child , and shalt bear a son , and shalt call his name Ishmael , because Jehovah hath hearkened to thy affliction .
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And he will be a wild-ass of a man, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell before the face of all his brethren .
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And she called the name of Jehovah who spoke to her, Thou art the ùGod who reveals himself, for she said , Also here have I seen after he has revealed himself.
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Therefore the well was named Beer-lahai-roi: behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered .
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And Hagar bore Abram a son ; and Abram called the name of his son whom Hagar bore , Ishmael .
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And Abram was eighty -six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram .