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Genesis 16:1
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Hagar and Ishmael

1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, ahad borne him no children. And she had ban Egyptian maidservant whose name was cHagar.  
2 aSo Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the Lord bhas restrained me from bearing children. Please, cgo in to my maid; perhaps I shall1 obtain children by her.” And Abram dheeded the voice of Sarai.  
3 Then Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife, after Abram ahad dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan.  
4 So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became adespised in her eyes.  
5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “My wrong be upon you! I gave my maid into your embrace; and when she saw that she had conceived, I became despised in her eyes. aThe Lord judge between you and me.”  
Verse Comparison: Genesis 16:1

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American Standard Version
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Amplified® Bible
NOW SARAI, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. She had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

Contemporary English Version
Abram's wife Sarai had not been able to have any children. But she owned a young Egyptian slave woman named Hagar,

Darby English Version
And Sarai Abram's wife did not bear him [children]. And she had an Egyptian maidservant; and her name was Hagar.

Good News Bible
Abram's wife Sarai had not borne him any children. But she had an Egyptian slave woman named Hagar,

King James Version
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

New American Standard Bible
Now Sarai, Abram's wife had borne him no {children,} and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

New International Version
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar;

New King James Version
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now Sarai, Abram's wife had borne him no children, and she had an Egyptian maid who had the name of Hagar.

Revised Standard Version
Now Sar'ai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar;

Young's Literal Translation
And Sarai, Abram's wife, hath not borne to him, and she hath an handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name `is' Hagar;


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