Verse 2
Genesis 16:2
Geneva Bible
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And Sarai said vnto Abram, Beholde now, the Lord hath restrained me from childe bearing. I pray thee goe in vnto my maide: it may be that I shall receiue a childe by her. And Abram obeyed the voyce 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
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Nowe Sarai Abrams wife bare him no children, and she had a maide an Egyptian, Hagar by name.
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And Sarai said vnto Abram, Beholde now, the Lord hath restrained me from childe bearing. I pray thee...
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Then Sarai Abrams wife tooke Hagar her maide the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelled ten yeere in the...
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And he went in vnto Hagar, and she conceiued. and when she sawe that she had conceiued, her dame was...
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Then Sarai saide to Abram, Thou doest me wrong. I haue giuen my maide into thy bosome, and she seeth...
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Then Abram saide to Sarai, Beholde, thy maide is in thine hand: doe with her as it pleaseth thee. Th...
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But the Angel of the Lord founde her beside a fountaine of water in the wildernesse by the fountaine...
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And he saide, Hagar Sarais maide, whence commest thou? and whither wilt thou goe? And she said, I fl...
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9
Then the Angel of the Lord saide to her, Returne to thy dame, and humble thy selfe vnder her hands.
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Againe the Angel of the Lord saide vnto her, I will so greatly increase thy seede, that it shall not...
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Also the Angel of the Lord said vnto her, See, thou art with childe, and shalt beare a sonne, and sh...
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And he shalbe a wilde man: his hande shall be against euery man, and euery mans hand against him. an...
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Then she called the name of the Lord, that spake vnto her, Thou God (Elohim) lookest on me: for she...
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14
Wherefore the well was called, Beerlahai-roi. lo, it is betweene Kadesh and Bered.
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And Hagar bare Abram a sonne, and Abram called his sonnes name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
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And Abram was foure score and sixe yeere olde, when Hagar bare him Ishmael.
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