English Bible Presentation Sharing - Genesis Book, chapter 16, verse 3 in Nlv Version

Genesis 16 : 1 (NLV)

Now Abram's wife Sarai had not given birth to any children. She had a woman servant from Egypt whose name was Hagar.

Genesis 16 : 2 (NLV)

So Sarai said to Abram, "Now see, the Lord has kept me from having children. Go in to the woman who serves me. It may be that I will get children through her." Abram listened to what Sarai said.

Genesis 16 : 3 (NLV)

So Abram's wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian, who served her, and gave her to her husband Abram as his wife. That was after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 16 : 4 (NLV)

He went in to Hagar, and she was going to have a child. And when she saw that she was going to have a child, she began to hate Sarai.

Genesis 16 : 5 (NLV)

Then Sarai said to Abram, "May the wrong done to me be upon you. I gave the woman who served me into your arms. But when she saw that she was going to have a child, she began to hate me. May the Lord judge who is guilty or not between you and me."

Genesis 16 : 6 (NLV)

But Abram said to Sarai, "See, the woman who serves you is in your power. Do what you want with her." So Sarai made it hard for Hagar. And Hagar ran away from her.

Genesis 16 : 7 (NLV)

The angel of the Lord found Hagar by a well of water in the desert on the way to Shur.

Genesis 16 : 8 (NLV)

He said, "Hagar, you who serve Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?" And she said, "I am running away from Sarai, the one I serve."

Genesis 16 : 9 (NLV)

Then the angel of the Lord said to her, "Return to your boss. Put yourself under her power."

Genesis 16 : 10 (NLV)

The angel of the Lord said to her, "I will give you so many people in your family through the years that they will be too many to number."

Genesis 16 : 11 (NLV)

The angel of the Lord also said to her, "See, you are going to have a child. And you will give birth to a son. You will give him the name Ishmael, because the Lord has heard how you have suffered.

Genesis 16 : 12 (NLV)

He will be a wild donkey of a man. His hand will be against all people. And the hand of all people will be against him. He will live to the east of all his brothers."

Genesis 16 : 13 (NLV)

So Hagar gave this name to the Lord Who spoke to her, "You are a God Who sees." For she said, "Have I even stayed alive here after seeing Him?"

Genesis 16 : 14 (NLV)

So the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is between Kadesh and Bered.

Genesis 16 : 15 (NLV)

Hagar gave birth to Abram's son. And Abram gave his son who was born of Hagar the name Ishmael.

Genesis 16 : 16 (NLV)

Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to his son Ishmael.