Gênesis 16

Sarai and Hagar

1 *ch. 15:2,3Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was *ch. 21:9;Gal. 4:24Hagar. 2 And Sarai said to Abram, "Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children*16:2 Hebrew be built up, which sounds like the Hebrew for children by her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. 3 So, after Abram *ch. 12:5had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife. 4 And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, *[1 Sam. 1:6,7]she looked with contempt on her mistress.*16:4 Hebrew her mistress was dishonorable in her eyes; similarly in verse 55 And Sarai said to Abram, "May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May *ch. 31:53;1 Sam. 24:12the Lord judge between you and me!" 6 But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your servant is in your power; do to her as you please." Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her.

7 The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to *ch. 25:18;Ex. 15:22Shur. 8 And he said, "Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai." 9 The angel of the Lord said to her, "Return to your mistress and submit to her." 10 The angel of the Lord also said to her, *ch. 17:20;21:18;See ch. 25:12-18"I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude." 11 And the angel of the Lord said to her,

"Behold, you are pregnant

and shall bear a son.

You shall call his name Ishmael,*16:11 Ishmael means God hears

*[ch. 29:32]because the Lord has listened to your affliction.

12 He shall be *Job 39:5-8;[ch. 21:20] a wild donkey of a man,

his hand against everyone

and everyone’s hand against him,

and he shall dwell *ch. 25:18over against all his kinsmen."

13 So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, "You are a God of seeing,"*16:13 Or You are a God who sees me for she said, *[ch. 32:30;Ex. 19:21;33:20;Judg. 13:22]"Truly here I have seen him who looks after me."*16:13 Hebrew Have I really seen him here who sees me? or Would I have looked here for the one who sees me?14 Therefore the well was called *ch. 24:62;25:11Beer-lahai-roi;*16:14 Beer-lahai-roi means the well of the Living One who sees me it lies between *ch. 14:7;20:1;Num. 13:26Kadesh and Bered.

15 And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. 16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.