1. Now Sarai , Abram ’s wife, bore him no children. She had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar .

2. Sarai  said to Abram , “See now, יהוה has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my handmaid. It may be that I will obtain children by her.” Abram  listened to the voice of Sarai .

3. Sarai , Abram ’s wife, took  Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram  had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram  her husband to be his wife.

4. He went in to  Hagar , and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

5. Sarai  said to Abram , “This wrong is your fault. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. יהוה judge between me and you.”

6. But Abram  said to Sarai , “Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes.” Sarai  dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.

7. The angel of  יהוה found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

8. He said, “  Hagar , Sarai ’s handmaid, where did you come from? Where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai .”

9. The angel of יהוה said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.”

10. The angel of יהוה said to her, “I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude.”

11. The angel of יהוה said to her, “Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name , because יהוה has heard your affliction.

12. He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him. He will live opposite all of his brothers.”

13. She called the name of יהוה who spoke to her, “You are a God who sees,” for she said, “Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?”

14. Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi.

15.  Hagar bore a son for Abram . Abram  called the name of his son, whom  Hagar bore, Ishmael .

16. Abram  was eighty-six years old when  Hagar bore Ishmael  to Abram .