Verse 8

Genesis 16:8

Free Bible Version

8 He asked her, “Hagar, Sarai's slave—where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I'm running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּאמַ֗ר הָגָ֞ר שִׁפְחַ֥ת שָׂרַ֛י אֵֽי מִ/זֶּ֥ה בָ֖את וְ/אָ֣נָה תֵלֵ֑כִי וַ/תֹּ֕אמֶר מִ/פְּנֵי֙ שָׂרַ֣י גְּבִרְתִּ֔/י אָנֹכִ֖י בֹּרַֽחַת

English Translation

And Hagar, Sarai's maid, said, "Where have you come from and where will you go?" And she said, "I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai."

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Chapter 16 Context

1 Sarai, Abram's wife, hadn't been able to have any children for him. However, she owned a female Egyp... Focus ↗

2 so Sarai said to Abram, “Please listen to me. The Lord hasn't let me have any children. So please go... Focus ↗

3 So Sarai, Abram's wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband as his wife. Abram... Focus ↗

4 Abram slept with Hagar and she became pregnant. When she realized she was pregnant, she treated her... Focus ↗

5 Then Sarai complained to Abram, “What I'm suffering is all your doing! I gave you my servant to slee... Focus ↗

6 “Listen, she's your slave!” Abram replied. “You can do whatever you want to her.” Sarai treated Haga... Focus ↗

7 The angel of the Lord met Hagar at a spring in the desert—the spring on the road to Shur. Focus ↗

8 He asked her, “Hagar, Sarai's slave—where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I'm running...

9 “Go back to your mistress and do what she tells you,” the angel of the Lord told her. Focus ↗

10 Then he continued, “I will give you many, many descendants—in fact they'll be so many they can't be... Focus ↗

11 The angel of the Lord went on to tell her: “Listen! You're pregnant, and you will have a son. You ar... Focus ↗

12 He'll be a wild donkey kind of man—he will fight with everyone, and everyone will fight with him. He... Focus ↗

13 From then on Hagar called the Lord who spoke to her, “You are the God (Elohim) who sees me,” because... Focus ↗

14 That's why the well is called “the Well of the Living One who Sees Me.” It's still there, between Ka... Focus ↗

15 Hagar gave birth to a son for Abram. Abram named his son Ishmael. Focus ↗

16 Abram was 86 when Hagar had Ishmael. Focus ↗

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