Verse 5
Genesis 16:5
New Living Translation
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Then Sarai said to Abram, “This is all your fault! I put my servant into your arms, but now that she’s pregnant she treats me with contempt. The LORD will show who’s wrong — you or me!”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תֹּ֨אמֶר שָׂרַ֣י אֶל אַבְרָם֮ חֲמָסִ֣/י עָלֶי/ךָ֒ אָנֹכִ֗י נָתַ֤תִּי שִׁפְחָתִ/י֙ בְּ/חֵיקֶ֔/ךָ וַ/תֵּ֨רֶא֙ כִּ֣י הָרָ֔תָה וָ/אֵקַ֖ל בְּ/עֵינֶ֑י/הָ יִשְׁפֹּ֥ט יְהוָ֖ה בֵּינִ֥/י וּ/בֵינֶֽיׄ/ךָ
English Translation
And Sarai said to Abram, "I am being wronged by you; I gave my maid into your embrace, and she saw that she had conceived, and I am despised in her eyes. May the LORD judge between me and you."
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Chapter 16 Context
1
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not been able to bear children for him. But she had an Egyptian servant...
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2
So Sarai said to Abram, “The LORD has prevented me from having children. Go and sleep with my servan...
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3
So Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian servant and gave her to Abram as a wife. (This happe...
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4
So Abram had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. But when Hagar knew she was pregn...
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5
Then Sarai said to Abram, “This is all your fault! I put my servant into your arms, but now that she...
6
Abram replied, “Look, she is your servant, so deal with her as you see fit.” Then Sarai treated Haga...
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7
The angel of the LORD found Hagar beside a spring of water in the wilderness, along the road to Shur...
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8
The angel said to her, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where have you come from, and where are you going?”...
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9
The angel of the LORD said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit to her authority.”
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10
Then he added, “I will give you more descendants than you can count.”
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11
And the angel also said, “You are now pregnant and will give birth to a son. You are to name him Ish...
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12
This son of yours will be a wild man, as untamed as a wild donkey! He will raise his fist against ev...
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13
Thereafter, Hagar used another name to refer to the LORD, who had spoken to her. She said, “You are...
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14
So that well was named Beer-lahai-roi (which means “well of the Living One who sees me”). It can sti...
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15
So Hagar gave Abram a son, and Abram named him Ishmael.
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16
Abram was eighty-six years old when Ishmael was born.
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