Darby Translation 1890

Genesis 16:6-16 Darby Translation 1890 (DARBY)

6. And Abram said to Sarai, Behold, thy maidservant is in thy hand: do to her what is good in thine eyes. And Sarai oppressed her; and she fled from her face.

7. And the Angel of Jehovah found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.

8. And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maidservant, whence comest thou? and whither art thou going? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.

9. And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

10. And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

11. And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael, because Jehovah hath hearkened to thy affliction.

12. And he will be a wild-ass of a man, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell before the face of all his brethren.

13. And she called the name of Jehovah who spoke to her, Thou art the ·God who reveals himself, for she said, Also here have I seen after he has revealed himself.

14. Therefore the well was named Beer-lahai-roi: behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

15. And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

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