| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. | 1Now Abram's wife Sarai had not borne a child for him. She had an Egyptian servant girl whose name was Hagar. |
| 2And Sarai said unto Abram, 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 Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. | 2So Sarai told Abram, "You are well aware that the LORD has prevented me from giving birth to a child. Go have sex with my servant, so that I may possibly bear a son through her." Abram listened to Sarai's suggestion, |
| 3And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. | 3so Abram's wife Sarai took her Egyptian servant, Hagar, and gave her as a wife to her husband Abram. This took place ten years after Abram had settled in the land of Canaan. |
| 4And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. | 4He had sex with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When she realized that she was pregnant, she looked with contempt on her mistress. |
| 5And Sarai said unto Abram, 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. | 5Then Sarai told Abram, "My suffering is your fault! I gave you my servant so you could have sex with her , and when she discovered that she was pregnant, she looked on me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me!" |
| 6But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. | 6Abram answered Sarai, "Look, your servant is under your control, so do to her as you wish." So Sarai dealt so harshly with Hagar that she ran away from Sarai. |
| 7And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. | 7The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the desert on the road to Shur. |
| 8And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. | 8"Hagar, servant of Sarai," he asked, "Where are you coming from and where are you going?" She answered, "I am running away from my mistress Sarai." |
| 9And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. | 9The angel of the LORD told her, "You must go back to your mistress and submit to her authority." |
| 10And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. | 10The angel of the LORD also told her, "I will greatly multiply your offspring, who will be too many to count. |
| 11And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. | 11"Look, you are pregnant and will give birth to a son," the angel of the LORD continued to say to her. "You will name him Ishmael, because the LORD has heard your cry of misery. |
| 12And 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. | 12He'll be a wild donkey of a man. He'll be against everyone, and everyone will be against him. He will live in conflict with all of his relatives." |
| 13And 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? | 13So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "You are 'God who sees,' because I have truly seen the one who looks after me." |
| 14Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. | 14That's why the spring was called, "The Well of the Living One who Looks after Me." It was between Kadesh and Bered. |
| 15And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. | 15Hagar eventually gave birth to Abram's son. Abram named his son whom Hagar bore Ishmael. |
| 16And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. | 16Abram was 86 years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael for Abram. |
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