Hagar and Ishmael

16 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, (A)had borne him no children. And she had (B)an Egyptian maidservant whose name was (C)Hagar.

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Hagar and Ishmael

16 Now Sarai,(A) Abram’s wife, had borne him no children.(B) But she had an Egyptian slave(C) named Hagar;(D)

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(A)So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the Lord (B)has restrained me from bearing children. Please, (C)go in to my maid; perhaps I shall [a]obtain children by her.” And Abram (D)heeded the voice of Sarai.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:2 Lit. be built up from

so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children.(A) Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.”(B)

Abram agreed to what Sarai said.

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The Children of Jacob

31 When the Lord (A)saw that Leah was [a]unloved, He (B)opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 29:31 Lit. hated

Jacob’s Children

31 When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved,(A) he enabled her to conceive,(B) but Rachel remained childless.

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