Genesis 16 New King James Version (NKJV)
Hagar and Ishmael
16 Now Sarai,
Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name
was Hagar. 2 So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the Lord has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in
to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai.
3 Then Sarai,
Abram’s wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his
wife, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan. 4 So he went in to Hagar, and she
conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became despised in her
eyes.
5 Then Sarai said to
Abram, “My wrong be upon you! I gave my maid into your embrace; and when she saw that she had
conceived, I became despised in her eyes. The Lord judge between you
and me.”

6 So Abram said to Sarai,
“Indeed your maid is in your hand; do to her as you please.” And when Sarai dealt harshly
with her, she fled from her presence.

7 Now the Angel of the
Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring
on the way to Shur. 8 And He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where have you come from, and
where are you going?”

She said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.”

9 The Angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under
her hand.” 10 Then the Angel of the Lord said
to her, “I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for
multitude.” 11 And the Angel of the Lord said to
her:

“Behold, you are with child,
And you shall bear a son.
You shall call his name Ishmael,
Because the Lord has heard your
affliction.
12 He shall be a
wild man;
His hand shall be against every man,
And every man’s hand against him.
And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.”

13 Then
she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her,
You-Are-the-God-Who-Sees; for she said, “Have I also here seen Him who sees me?” 14 Therefore the well
was called Beer Lahai Roi; observe, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
15 So Hagar bore Abram a
son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. 16 Abram was eighty-six years old
when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.