BERESHITH (GENESIS) 16

Gen 16:1 And Sarai, Aḇram’s wife, had borne him no child. And she had a
Mitsrite female servant whose name was Haḡar.
Gen 16:2 And Sarai said to Aḇram, “See, יהוה has kept me from bearing
children. Please, go in to my female servant. It might be that I am built up by
her.” And Aḇram listened to the voice of Sarai.
Gen 16:3 And Sarai, Aḇram’s wife, took Haḡar her female servant, the
Mitsrite, and gave her to her husband Aḇram to be his wife, after Aḇram had
dwelt ten years in the land of Kena‛an.
Gen 16:4 And he went in to Haḡar, and she conceived. And when she saw
that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
Gen 16:5 And Sarai said to Aḇram, “My wrong be upon you! I gave my
female servant into your bosom. And when she saw that she had conceived, I
was despised in her eyes. Let יהוה judge between you and me.”
Gen 16:6 And Aḇram said to Sarai, “See, your female servant is in your
hand, do to her what is good in your eyes.” And Sarai treated her harshly, and
she fled from her presence.
Gen 16:7 And the Messenger of יהוה found her by a spring of water in the
wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur,
Gen 16:8 and He said, “Haḡar, Sarai’s female servant, where have you come
from, and where are you going?” And she said, “I am fleeing from the
presence of Sarai, my mistress.”
Gen 16:9 And the Messenger of יהוה said to her, “Return to your mistress,
and humble yourself under her hand.”
Gen 16:10 And the Messenger of יהוה said to her, “I am going to increase
your seed greatly, too numerous to be counted.”
Gen 16:11 And the Messenger of יהוה said to her, “See, you are conceiving
and bearing a son, and shall call his name Yishma‛ĕl, because יהוה has heard
your affliction.
Gen 16:12 “And he is to be a wild man, his hand against every one and
every one’s hand against him, and dwell over against all his brothers.”
Gen 16:13 And she called the Name of יהוה who spoke to her, “You are the
Ĕl who sees,” for she said, “Even here have I seen after Him who sees me?”
Gen 16:14 That is why the well was called Be’ĕr Laḥai Ro’i, see, it is
between Qaḏĕsh and Bereḏ.
Gen 16:15 And Haḡar bore Aḇram a son, and Aḇram called the name of his
son, whom Haḡar bore, Yishma‛ĕl.
Gen 16:16 And Aḇram was eighty-six years old when Haḡar bore Yishma‛ĕl
to Aḇram.