Verse 2
Genesis 16:2
King James Version
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And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תֹּ֨אמֶר שָׂרַ֜י אֶל אַבְרָ֗ם הִנֵּה נָ֞א עֲצָרַ֤/נִי יְהוָה֙ מִ/לֶּ֔דֶת בֹּא נָא֙ אֶל שִׁפְחָתִ֔/י אוּלַ֥י אִבָּנֶ֖ה מִמֶּ֑/נָּה וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֥ע אַבְרָ֖ם לְ/ק֥וֹל שָׂרָֽי
English Translation
And Sarai said to Abram, "Behold now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing; please go to my maid, perhaps I will obtain children through her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
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Chapter 16 Context
1
Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name
was Ha...
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And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in...
3
And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land...
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4
And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress...
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5
And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong
be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she...
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6
But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid
is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when...
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7
And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the...
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8
And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee...
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9
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
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10
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be...
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11
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou
art
with child, and shalt bear a son, and sha...
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12
And he will be a wild man; his hand
will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and...
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13
And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God (Elohim) seest me: for she said, H...
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14
Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold,
it is
between Kadesh and Bered.
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15
And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
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16
And Abram
was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
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