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Barashiyt 16

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16:1

The Mitzrayimian Handmaid and the Birth of Yishmael

Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, a Mitzrite, whose name was Hagar.
16:2
And Sarai said unto Abram, "Behold now, 𐀉𐀄𐀅𐀄 hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her." And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
16:3
And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Mitzrite, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Kena’an, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
16:4
And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
16:5

The Strife and the Flight of Hagar

And Sarai said unto Abram, "My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: 𐀉𐀄𐀅𐀄 judge between me and thee."
16:6
But Abram said unto Sarai, "Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee." And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
16:7

The Malakh of Yahuwah and the Prophecy of Yishmael

And the angel of 𐀉𐀄𐀅𐀄 found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
16:8
And he said, "Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go?" And she said, "I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai."
16:9
And the angel of 𐀉𐀄𐀅𐀄 said unto her, "Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands."
16:10
And the angel of 𐀉𐀄𐀅𐀄 said unto her, "I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude."
16:11
And the angel of 𐀉𐀄𐀅𐀄 said unto her, "Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Yishmael; because 𐀉𐀄𐀅𐀄 hath heard thy affliction.
16:12
And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren."
16:13

El Roi and the Birth of Yishmael

And she called the name of 𐀉𐀄𐀅𐀄 that spake unto her, "Thou Alahiym seest me": for she said, "Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?"
16:14
Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
16:15
And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Yishmael.
16:16
And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Yishmael to Abram.