Genesis 16
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 16 of 50
Chapter Summary
1 Sarai, barren, gives Hagar to Abram. 4 Hagar despises her mistress. 6 Hagar flees. 7 An angel sends her back to submit herself, 11 and tells her of her child. 15 Ishmael is born.
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People & Context
Abram's barren wife who gives her Egyptian slave to Abram, then deals harshly with the pregnant Hagar
Sarai's Egyptian slave-girl who conceives by Abram, flees, and meets the Angel of Jehovah at the well
The One who finds Hagar in the wilderness, sends her back, and promises her countless seed through Ishmael
Husband who heeds Sarai's voice, fathers a son by Hagar, and names him Ishmael at age eighty-six
Son born to Abram by Hagar, named 'God hears,' foretold to be a wild ass of a man
Timeline
Sarai, being barren, gives her Egyptian slave-girl Hagar to Abram to be his wife, after Abram has lived ten years in Canaan.
Genesis 16:1-3Hagar conceives, and upon realizing she is pregnant, she begins to despise her mistress Sarai.
Genesis 16:4Sarai complains to Abram, who tells her to do as she sees fit. Sarai deals harshly with Hagar, causing her to flee.
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