1Now Sarai , Abram’s wife, bare him no children : and she had a handmaid , an Egyptian , whose name was Hagar . 2And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now , Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing ; go in , I pray thee , unto my handmaid ; it may be that I shall obtain children by her . And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai . 3And Sarai , Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian , her handmaid , after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan , and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife. 4And he went in unto Hagar , and she conceived : and when she saw that she had conceived , her mistress was despised in her eyes . 5And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee : I gave my handmaid into thy bosom ; and when she saw that she had conceived , I was despised in her eyes : Jehovah judge between me and thee . 6But Abram said unto Sarai , Behold , thy maid is in thy hand ; do to her that which is good in thine eyes . And Sarai dealt hardly with her , and she fled from her face .
Hagar's Encounter with the Angel of the Lord
7And the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness , by the fountain in the way to Shur . 8And he said, Hagar , Sarai ’s handmaid , whence camest thou ? and whither goest thou ? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai . 9And the angel of Jehovah said unto her , Return to thy mistress , and submit thyself under her hands . 10And the angel of Jehovah said unto her , I will greatly multiply thy seed , that it shall not be numbered for multitude . 11And the angel of Jehovah said unto her , Behold , thou art with child , and shalt bear a son ; and thou shalt call his name Ishmael , because Jehovah hath heard thy affliction . 12And he shall be as a wild ass among men ; his hand shall be against every man , and every man ’s hand against him ; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren. 13And she called the name of Jehovah that spake unto her , Thou art a God that seeth : for she said , Have I even here looked after him that seeth me ? 14Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold , it is between Kadesh and Bered .
The Promise of Ishmael
15And Hagar bare Abram a son : and Abram called the name of his son , whom Hagar bare , Ishmael . 16And Abram was fourscore and six years old , when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.