Verse 6
Genesis 16:6
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“Listen, she's your slave!” Abram replied. “You can do whatever you want to her.” Sarai treated Hagar so badly that she ran away.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר אַבְרָ֜ם אֶל שָׂרַ֗י הִנֵּ֤ה שִׁפְחָתֵ/ךְ֙ בְּ/יָדֵ֔/ךְ עֲשִׂי לָ֖/הּ הַ/טּ֣וֹב בְּ/עֵינָ֑יִ/ךְ וַ/תְּעַנֶּ֣/הָ שָׂרַ֔י וַ/תִּבְרַ֖ח מִ/פָּנֶֽי/הָ
English Translation
And Abram said to Sarai, "Here is your maid; do to her what is good in your eyes." And Sarai treated her harshly, and she fled from her face.
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Chapter 16 Context
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Sarai, Abram's wife, hadn't been able to have any children for him. However, she owned a female Egyp...
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so Sarai said to Abram, “Please listen to me. The Lord hasn't let me have any children. So please go...
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So Sarai, Abram's wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband as his wife. Abram...
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4
Abram slept with Hagar and she became pregnant. When she realized she was pregnant, she treated her...
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Then Sarai complained to Abram, “What I'm suffering is all your doing! I gave you my servant to slee...
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“Listen, she's your slave!” Abram replied. “You can do whatever you want to her.” Sarai treated Haga...
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The angel of the Lord met Hagar at a spring in the desert—the spring on the road to Shur.
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He asked her, “Hagar, Sarai's slave—where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I'm running...
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9
“Go back to your mistress and do what she tells you,” the angel of the Lord told her.
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10
Then he continued, “I will give you many, many descendants—in fact they'll be so many they can't be...
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11
The angel of the Lord went on to tell her: “Listen! You're pregnant, and you will have a son. You ar...
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12
He'll be a wild donkey kind of man—he will fight with everyone, and everyone will fight with him. He...
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13
From then on Hagar called the Lord who spoke to her, “You are the God (Elohim) who sees me,” because...
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14
That's why the well is called “the Well of the Living One who Sees Me.” It's still there, between Ka...
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15
Hagar gave birth to a son for Abram. Abram named his son Ishmael.
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16
Abram was 86 when Hagar had Ishmael.
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