{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/genesis/16","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T22:57:25.476Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":16,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":15,"nextChapter":17,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Sarai said to Abram, |See now, Yahweh has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my handmaid. It may be that I will obtain children by her.| Abram listened to the voice of Sarai."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Sarai said to Abram, |This wrong is your fault. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. Yahweh judge between me and you.|"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"But Abram said to Sarai, |Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes.| Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The angel of Yahweh found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"He said, |Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, where did you come from? Where are you going?| She said, |I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.|"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The angel of Yahweh said to her, |Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.|"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The angel of Yahweh said to her, |I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude.|"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The angel of Yahweh said to her, |Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because Yahweh has heard your affliction."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him. He will live opposite all of his brothers.|"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"She called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, |You are a God who sees,| for she said, |Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?|"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 16 (WEB)","markdown":"[Genesis 16](https://primebible.com/web/genesis/16)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/genesis/16 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}