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)

³ Then she said, “Here is Bilhah,^(A) my servant.^(B) Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I too can build a family through her.”^(C)

²⁵ These were the sons born to Jacob by Bilhah,^(A) whom Laban had given to his daughter Rachel^(B)—seven in all.