Genesis 16
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- 1Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar.
- 2And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.
- וַתֹּ֨אמֶר
- שָׂרַ֜י
- שָׂרַ֜יsa.RaiSaraiH8297
- אֶל־
- אֶל'el-toH0413
- אַבְרָ֗ם
- אַבְרָ֗ם'av.RamAbramH0087
- הִנֵּה־
- הִנֵּהhi.neh-here!H2009
- נָ֞א
- נָ֞אna'pleaseH4994
- עֲצָרַ֤נִי
- יְהוָה֙
- יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068G
- מִלֶּ֔דֶת
- בֹּא־
- בֹּאbo'-goH0935G
- נָא֙
- נָא֙na'pleaseH4994
- אֶל־
- אֶל'el-intoH0413
- שִׁפְחָתִ֔י
- אוּלַ֥י
- אוּלַ֥י'u.LaiperhapsH0194
- אִבָּנֶ֖ה
- אִבָּנֶ֖ה'i.ba.NehI will be built upH1129
- מִמֵּ֑נָּה
- וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע
- אַבְרָ֖ם
- אַבְרָ֖ם'av.RamAbramH0087
- לְק֥וֹל
- שָׂרָֽי׃
- שָׂרָֽיsa.RaiSaraiH8297
- 3So after Abram had been living for ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian servant, and gave her to Abram for his wife.
- וַתִּקַּ֞ח
- שָׂרַ֣י
- שָׂרַ֣יsa.RaiSaraiH8297
- אֵֽשֶׁת־
- אֵֽשֶׁת'e.shet-[the] wife ofH0802H
- אַבְרָ֗ם
- אַבְרָ֗ם'av.RamAbramH0087
- אֶת־
- אֶת'et-<obj.>H0853
- הָגָ֤ר
- הָגָ֤רha.GarHagarH1904
- הַמִּצְרִית֙
- שִׁפְחָתָ֔הּ
- מִקֵּץ֙
- עֶ֣שֶׂר
- עֶ֣שֶׂר'E.sertenH6235
- שָׁנִ֔ים
- שָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimyearsH8141
- לְשֶׁ֥בֶת
- אַבְרָ֖ם
- אַבְרָ֖ם'av.RamAbramH0087
- בְּאֶ֣רֶץ
- כְּנָ֑עַן
- כְּנָ֑עַןke.Na.'anCanaanH3667A
- וַתִּתֵּ֥ן
- אֹתָ֛הּ
- לְאַבְרָ֥ם
- אִישָׁ֖הּ
- ל֥וֹ
- לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
- 4And he went in to Hagar and she became with child, and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for her master's wife.
- 5And Sarai said to Abram, May my wrong be on you: I gave you my servant for your wife and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for me: may the Lord be judge between you and me.
- וַתֹּ֨אמֶר
- שָׂרַ֣י
- שָׂרַ֣יsa.RaiSaraiH8297
- אֶל־
- אֶל'el-toH0413
- אַבְרָם֮
- אַבְרָם֮'av.RamAbramH0087
- חֲמָסִ֣י
- עָלֶיךָ֒
- אָנֹכִ֗י
- אָנֹכִ֗י'a.no.KhiIH0595
- נָתַ֤תִּי
- נָתַ֤תִּיna.Ta.tiI putH5414G
- שִׁפְחָתִי֙
- בְּחֵיקֶ֔ךָ
- וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙
- כִּ֣י
- כִּ֣יkithatH3588A
- הָרָ֔תָה
- הָרָ֔תָהha.Ra.tahshe had conceivedH2029
- וָאֵקַ֖ל
- בְּעֵינֶ֑יהָ
- יִשְׁפֹּ֥ט
- יִשְׁפֹּ֥טyish.Potmay he judgeH8199
- יְהוָ֖ה
- יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068G
- בֵּינִ֥י
- וּבֵינֶֽיׄךָ׃
- 6And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.
- 7And an angel of the Lord came to her by a fountain of water in the waste land, by the fountain on the way to Shur.
- 8And he said, Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am running away from Sarai, my master's wife.
- וַיֹּאמַ֗ר
- הָגָ֞ר
- הָגָ֞רha.GarO HagarH1904
- שִׁפְחַ֥ת
- שִׁפְחַ֥תshif.Chat[the] maidservant ofH8198
- שָׂרַ֛י
- שָׂרַ֛יsa.RaiSaraiH8297
- אֵֽי־
- אֵֽי'ei-where?H0335
- מִזֶּ֥ה
- בָ֖את
- בָ֖אתvathave you comeH0935G
- וְאָ֣נָה
- תֵלֵ֑כִי
- תֵלֵ֑כִיte.Le.khiare you goingH1980G
- וַתֹּ֕אמֶר
- מִפְּנֵי֙
- שָׂרַ֣י
- שָׂרַ֣יsa.RaiSaraiH8297
- גְּבִרְתִּ֔י
- אָנֹכִ֖י
- אָנֹכִ֖י'a.no.KhiIH0595
- בֹּרַֽחַת׃
- בֹּרַֽחַתbo.Ra.chat[am] fleeingH1272
- 9And the angel said to her, Go back, and put yourself under her authority.
- 10And the angel of the Lord said, Your seed will be greatly increased so that it may not be numbered.
- 11And the angel of the Lord said, See, you are with child and will give birth to a son, to whom you will give the name Ishmael, because the ears of the Lord were open to your sorrow.
- וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
- לָהּ֙
- מַלְאַ֣ךְ
- מַלְאַ֣ךְmal.'Akh[the] angel ofH4397H
- יְהוָ֔ה
- יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068G
- הִנָּ֥ךְ
- הָרָ֖ה
- הָרָ֖הha.Rah[are] pregnantH2030A
- וְיֹלַ֣דְתְּ
- בֵּ֑ן
- בֵּ֑ןBena sonH1121A
- וְקָרָ֤את
- שְׁמוֹ֙
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אל
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אלyish.ma.'ElIshmaelH3458G
- כִּֽי־
- כִּֽיki-forH3588A
- שָׁמַ֥ע
- שָׁמַ֥עsha.Ma'he has listenedH8085G
- יְהוָ֖ה
- יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068G
- אֶל־
- אֶל'el-toH0413
- עָנְיֵֽךְ׃
- 12And he will be like a mountain ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will keep his place against all his brothers.
- 13And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God who is seen; for she said, Have I not even here in the waste land had a vision of God and am still living?
- וַתִּקְרָ֤א
- שֵׁם־
- שֵׁםshem-[the] name ofH8034
- יְהוָה֙
- יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068G
- הַדֹּבֵ֣ר
- אֵלֶ֔יהָ
- אַתָּ֖ה
- אַתָּ֖ה'a.TahyouH0859A
- אֵ֣ל
- אֵ֣ל'el[are] a God ofH0410G
- רֳאִ֑י
- רֳאִ֑יro.'IseeingH7210
- כִּ֣י
- כִּ֣יkiforH3588A
- אָֽמְרָ֗ה
- אָֽמְרָ֗ה'a.me.Rahshe saidH0559
- הֲגַ֥ם
- הֲלֹ֛ם
- הֲלֹ֛םha.LomhereH1988
- רָאִ֖יתִי
- רָאִ֖יתִיra.'I.tihave I seenH7200G
- אַחֲרֵ֥י
- אַחֲרֵ֥י'a.cha.Rei[the] back<s> ofH0310A
- רֹאִֽי׃
- 14So that fountain was named, Fountain of Life and Vision: it is between Kadesh and Bered.
- עַל־
- עַל'al-there-H5921A
- כֵּן֙
- כֵּן֙ken-foreH3651C
- קָרָ֣א
- קָרָ֣אka.Ra'someone calledH7121H
- לַבְּאֵ֔ר
- בְּאֵ֥ר
- בְּאֵ֥רbe.'ErBeerH0883
- לַחַ֖י
- לַחַ֖יla.ChaiLahaiH0883
- רֹאִ֑י
- רֹאִ֑יro.'IRoiH0883
- הִנֵּ֥ה
- הִנֵּ֥הhi.Nehthere!H2009
- בֵין־
- בֵיןvein-[it is] betweenH0996G
- קָדֵ֖שׁ
- קָדֵ֖שׁka.DeshKadeshH6946G
- וּבֵ֥ין
- בָּֽרֶד׃
- בָּֽרֶדBa.redBeredH1260G
- עַל־
- 15And Hagar gave birth to a child, the son of Abram, to whom Abram gave the name of Ishmael.
- וַתֵּ֧לֶד
- הָגָ֛ר
- הָגָ֛רha.GarHagarH1904
- לְאַבְרָ֖ם
- בֵּ֑ן
- בֵּ֑ןBena sonH1121A
- וַיִּקְרָ֨א
- אַבְרָ֧ם
- אַבְרָ֧ם'av.RamAbramH0087
- שֶׁם־
- שֶׁםshem-[the] name ofH8034
- בְּנ֛וֹ
- אֲשֶׁר־
- אֲשֶׁר'a.Sher-whomH0834A
- יָלְדָ֥ה
- יָלְדָ֥הYal.dahshe had borneH3205
- הָגָ֖ר
- הָגָ֖רha.GarHagarH1904
- יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃
- יִשְׁמָעֵֽאלyish.ma.'ElIshmaelH3458G
- 16Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.
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