Genesis 16:1-6

Lexham English Bible

Sarai and Hagar

16 Now^[a] Sarai, the wife of Abram, had borne him no children. And she had a female Egyptian servant, and her name was Hagar. ² And Sarai said to Abram, “Look, please, Yahweh has prevented me from bearing children. Please go in to my servant; perhaps I will have children by her.”^[b] And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. ³ Then^[c] Sarai, the wife of Abram, took Hagar, her Egyptian servant, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband as his wife. ⁴ And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she^[d] saw that she had conceived, then her mistress grew small in her eyes. ⁵ And Sarai said to Abram, “may my harm be upon you. I had my servant sleep with you,^[e] and when she saw that she had conceived, she no longer respected me.^[f] May Yahweh judge between me and you!” ⁶ And Abram said to Sarai, “Look, your servant is under your authority.^[g] Do to her that which is good in your eyes.” And Sarai mistreated her, and she^[h] fled from her presence.