Genesis Chapter 16

Sara deals harshly with Hagar

16:1 NOW Sarai Abram Avram which means “High Father” – “av” (אב) “father”, “ram” (רם) “high” Later called Abraham For more info click here‘s wife bare him no children and she had an female slave, an Egyptian, whose name [was] Hagar (or Agar).

16:2 And Sarai said to Abram Avram which means “High Father” – “av” (אב) “father”, “ram” (רם) “high” Later called Abraham For more info click here, Behold now, YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
has restrained me from bearing, go in to my slave girl; perhaps I may obtain children by her. And Abram Avram which means “High Father” – “av” (אב) “father”, “ram” (רם) “high” Later called Abraham For more info click here listened to the voice of Sarai.
16:3 And Sarai Abram Avram which means “High Father” – “av” (אב) “father”, “ram” (רם) “high” Later called Abraham For more info click here‘s wife took Hagar her slave-girl the Egyptian, after Abram Avram which means “High Father” – “av” (אב) “father”, “ram” (רם) “high” Later called Abraham For more info click here had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram Avram which means “High Father” – “av” (אב) “father”, “ram” (רם) “high” Later called Abraham For more info click here to be his wife.
16:4 And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
16:5 And Sarai said to Abram Avram which means “High Father” – “av” (אב) “father”, “ram” (רם) “high” Later called Abraham For more info click here, My injury [be] upon you I have given my slave-girl into your bosom ; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
judge between me and you.
16:6 But Abram Avram which means “High Father” – “av” (אב) “father”, “ram” (רם) “high” Later called Abraham For more info click here said to Sarai, Look, your slave-girl [is] in your hand ; do to her as you please. And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from before her.
16:7 And the Angelמַלְאָךְ
Transliteration: mal’āḵ Pronunciation: mal-awk’ angel, agent messenger or representative. For more info click here
of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
found her by a fountain of water in the wildernessמִדְבָּר
Transliteration: miḏbār Pronunciation; mid-bawr’ desert, south, speech, wilderness For more info click here
, by the fountain in the road to Shur.

An angel speaks to Hagar


16:8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s slave-girl, from where did you come? and where are you going? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.
16:9 And the Angelמַלְאָךְ
Transliteration: mal’āḵ Pronunciation: mal-awk’ angel, agent messenger or representative. For more info click here
of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
said to her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.
16:10 And the Angelמַלְאָךְ
Transliteration: mal’āḵ Pronunciation: mal-awk’ angel, agent messenger or representative. For more info click here
of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
said to her, I will multiply your seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
16:11 And the Angelמַלְאָךְ
Transliteration: mal’āḵ Pronunciation: mal-awk’ angel, agent messenger or representative. For more info click here
of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
said to her, See, you [are] with child, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmaelיִשְׁמָעֵאל
Modern: Yīšma’ēl, Tiberian: Yīšmāʿēʾl, “God hears”; Greek: Ἰσμαήλ Ismaḗl; Classical/Qur’anic Arabic: إِسْمَٰعِيْل; For more info click here
; because YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
has heard your affliction.
16:12 And he will be a wild ass of a man ; his hand [will be] against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall live before of all his brothers.
16:13 And she called the name of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
that spoke to her, You, El Roiאֵל רֳאִי
Transliteration:ēl rŏ’î Pronunciation:ale ro-ee’ — masculine noun — God, mighty one see me. is one of the names of God in the Hebrew Bible click here
For she said, have I also here looked after him that sees me?
16:14 So the well was called (Well of the Living One Seeing Me) Beerlahairoi ; see, [it is] between Kadesh and Bered.

Ishmael is born


16:15 And Hagar bare Abram Avram which means “High Father” – “av” (אב) “father”, “ram” (רם) “high” Later called Abraham For more info click here a son and Abram Avram which means “High Father” – “av” (אב) “father”, “ram” (רם) “high” Later called Abraham For more info click here called his son’s name, which Hagar bore, Ishmaelיִשְׁמָעֵאל)
Modern: Yīšma’ēl, Tiberian: Yīšmāʿēʾl, “God hears”; Greek: Ἰσμαήλ Ismaḗl; Classical/Qur’anic Arabic: إِسْمَٰعِيْل; For more info click here
.
16:16 And Abram Avram which means “High Father” – “av” (אב) “father”, “ram” (רם) “high” Later called Abraham For more info click here [was] eighty six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmaelיִשְׁמָעֵאל
Modern: Yīšma’ēl, Tiberian: Yīšmāʿēʾl, “God hears”; Greek: Ἰσμαήλ Ismaḗl; Classical/Qur’anic Arabic: إِسْمَٰعِيْل; For more info click here
to Abram Avram which means “High Father” – “av” (אב) “father”, “ram” (רם) “high” Later called Abraham For more info click here.

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