1 Ora, Sarai, mulher de Abrão, não lhe dava filhos; tendo, porém, uma serva egípcia, por nome Agar, 2 disse Sarai a Abrão: Eis que o Senhor me tem impedido de dar à luz filhos; toma, pois, a minha serva, e assim me edificarei com filhos por meio dela. E Abrão anuiu ao conselho de Sarai. 3 Então, Sarai, mulher de Abrão, tomou a Agar, egípcia, sua serva, e deu-a por mulher a Abrão, seu marido, depois de ter ele habitado por dez anos na terra de Canaã. 4 Ele a possuiu, e ela concebeu. Vendo ela que havia concebido, foi sua senhora por ela desprezada. 5 Disse Sarai a Abrão: Seja sobre ti a afronta que se me faz a mim. Eu te dei a minha serva para a possuíres; ela, porém, vendo que concebeu, desprezou-me. Julgue o Senhor entre mim e ti. 6 Respondeu Abrão a Sarai: A tua serva está nas tuas mãos, procede segundo melhor te parecer. Sarai humilhou-a, e ela fugiu de sua presença.

7 Tendo-a achado o Anjo do Senhor junto a uma fonte de água no deserto, junto à fonte no caminho de Sur, 8 disse-lhe: Agar, serva de Sarai, donde vens e para onde vais? Ela respondeu: Fujo da presença de Sarai, minha senhora. 9 Então, lhe disse o Anjo do Senhor: Volta para a tua senhora e humilha-te sob suas mãos. 10 Disse-lhe mais o Anjo do Senhor: Multiplicarei sobremodo a tua descendência, de maneira que, por numerosa, não será contada. 11 Disse-lhe ainda o Anjo do Senhor: Concebeste e darás à luz um filho, a quem chamarás Ismael, porque o Senhor te acudiu na tua aflição. 12 Ele será, entre os homens, como um jumento selvagem; a sua mão será contra todos, e a mão de todos, contra ele; e habitará fronteiro a todos os seus irmãos. 13 Então, ela invocou o nome do Senhor, que lhe falava: Tu és Deus que vê; pois disse ela: Não olhei eu neste lugar para aquele que me vê? 14 Por isso, aquele poço se chama Beer-Laai-Roi; está entre Cades e Berede.

15 Agar deu à luz um filho a Abrão; e Abrão, a seu filho que lhe dera Agar, chamou-lhe Ismael. 16 Era Abrão de oitenta e seis anos, quando Agar lhe deu à luz Ismael.

1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 3 And Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife. 4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into they bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: Jehovah judge between me and thee. 6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt hardly with her, and she fled from her face.

7 And the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai. 9 And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. 10 And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 11 And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because Jehovah hath heard thy affliction. 12 And he shall be as a wild ass among men; his hand shall be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren. 13 And she called the name of Jehovah that spake unto her, Thou art a God that seeth: for she said, Have I even here looked after him that seeth me? 14 Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bare, Ishmael. 16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.

1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar;

2 so she said to Abram, "The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her." Abram agreed to what Sarai said.

3 So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife.

4 He slept with Hagar, and she conceived. When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.

5 Then Sarai said to Abram, "You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the Lord judge between you and me."

6 "Your slave is in your hands," Abram said. "Do with her whatever you think best." Then Sarai mistreated Hagar; so she fled from her.

7 The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur.

8 And he said, "Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?" "I’m running away from my mistress Sarai," she answered.

9 Then the angel of the Lord told her, "Go back to your mistress and submit to her."

10 The angel added, "I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count."

11 The angel of the Lord also said to her: "You are now pregnant and you will give birth to a son. You shall name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard of your misery.

12 He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers."

13 She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: "You are the God who sees me," for she said, "I have now seen the One who sees me."

14 That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi[d]; it is still there, between Kadesh and Bered.

15 So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne. 16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael.