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.”
6 aSo Abram said to Sarai, “Indeed your maid is in your hand; do to her as you please.” And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, bshe fled from her presence.
7 Now the aAngel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, bby the spring on the way to cShur.
8 And He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where have you come from, and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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