English Standard Version

Genesis 16:9-16 English Standard Version (ESV)

9. The angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her.”

10. The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.”

11. And the angel of the Lord said to her,“Behold, you are pregnantand shall bear a son.You shall call his name Ishmael, because the Lord has listened to your affliction.

12. He shall be a wild donkey of a man,his hand against everyoneand everyone’s hand against him,and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.”

13. So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,” for she said, “Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.”

14. Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.

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

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