Then he had relations with Hagar, and she conceived; and when Hagar became aware that she had conceived, her mistress was insignificant in her sight. So Sarai said to Abram, “(A)May the wrong done to me be upon you! I put my slave woman into your [a]arms, but when she saw that she had conceived, I was insignificant in her [b]sight. (B)May the Lord judge between [c]you and me.” But Abram said to Sarai, “Look, your slave woman is in your [d]power; do to her what is good in your [e]sight.” So Sarai treated her harshly, and (C)she fled from her presence.

Now (D)the angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to (E)Shur. He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s slave woman, (F)from where have you come, and where are you going?” And she said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:5 Lit breast
  2. Genesis 16:5 Lit eyes
  3. Genesis 16:5 Lit me and you
  4. Genesis 16:6 Lit hand
  5. Genesis 16:6 Lit eyes

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