Sarai, still childless, gives her servant Hagar to Abram. Hagar conceives, tension follows, and she runs away. The angel of the LORD finds her by a spring and sends her back, and she bears Ishmael.
1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children : and she had an handmaid , an Egyptian , whose name was Hagar .
2 And 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 .
3 And 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 .
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 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.
6 But 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 .
7 And the angel of the LORD 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 maid , whence camest thou ? and whither wilt thou go ? And she said , I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai .
9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress , and submit thyself under her hands .
10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly , that it shall not be numbered for multitude .
11 And 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 .
12 And 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 .
13 And 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 ?
14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi ; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered .
15 And Hagar bare Abram a son : and Abram called his son's name , which Hagar bare , Ishmael .
16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old , when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram .