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Genesis 16

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  1. 1Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.22 cross-references: Galatians 4:24, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 21:9–10, Genesis 15:2–3, Genesis 21:12
  2. 2And 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.21 cross-references: Genesis 3:17, Genesis 18:10, Exodus 21:4, Genesis 3:1–6, Genesis 3:12
  3. 3And 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.18 cross-references: Genesis 12:4–5, Genesis 16:5, Galatians 4:25, Genesis 30:4, Genesis 28:9
  4. 4And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.9 cross-references: Proverbs 30:23, 2 Samuel 6:16, 1 Corinthians 13:4–5, Proverbs 30:20–21, 1 Samuel 1:6–8
  5. 5And 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.17 cross-references: Genesis 31:53, Exodus 5:21, 2 Chronicles 24:22, Psalms 35:23, Psalms 7:8
  6. 6But 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.20 cross-references: Jeremiah 38:5, Proverbs 29:19, Job 2:6, Psalms 106:41–42, Ecclesiastes 10:4
  7. 7And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.24 cross-references: Genesis 25:18, Exodus 15:22, Genesis 21:17, Proverbs 15:3, 1 Samuel 15:7
  8. 8And 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.22 cross-references: Genesis 3:9, Genesis 4:10, Ecclesiastes 10:4, Jeremiah 2:17–18, Ephesians 6:5–8
  9. 9And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.13 cross-references: 1 Peter 5:5–6, Ecclesiastes 10:4, 1 Peter 2:18–25, Titus 2:9, Ephesians 5:21
  10. 10And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.31 cross-references: Genesis 17:20, Psalms 83:6–7, Genesis 21:18, Genesis 25:12–18, Genesis 21:13
  11. 11And 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.25 cross-references: Exodus 2:23–24, Exodus 3:7, Isaiah 7:14, Genesis 17:19, Genesis 41:51–52
  12. 12And 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.10 cross-references: Genesis 25:18, Genesis 21:20, Job 39:5–8, Genesis 27:40, Job 11:12
  13. 13And 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?26 cross-references: Psalms 139:1–12, Genesis 32:30, Proverbs 5:21, Proverbs 15:3, Genesis 31:42
  14. 14Wherefore the well was called Beer–lahai–roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.10 cross-references: Genesis 25:11, Numbers 13:26, Genesis 24:62, Genesis 21:31, Genesis 14:7
  15. 15And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.15 cross-references: Genesis 25:12, Genesis 16:11, Genesis 28:9, Genesis 21:9–21, Genesis 17:18
  16. 16And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.

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People in Genesis 16

Abraham, God, Sarah, Hagar, Ishmael

Places in Genesis 16

Canaan, Shur, Kadesh, Bered

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