Genesis
Genesis 16
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Genesis 16 — Scripture text (King James Version)
Now ’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an , whose name was . And said unto , 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 hearkened to the voice of . And ’s wife took her maid the , after had dwelt ten years in the , and gave her to her husband to be his wife. And he went in unto , and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. And said unto , My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee. But said unto , Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to . And he said, , Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress . And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt a son, and shalt call his name ; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? Wherefore the was called -lahai-roi; behold, it is between and . And bare a son: and called his son’s name, which bare, . And was fourscore and six years old, when bare to .