The Scriptures 1998

Genesis 16:5-14 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

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.”

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.

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

8. and He said, “Hag̅ar, 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.”

9. And the Messenger of יהוה said to her, “Return to your mistress, and humble yourself under her hand.”

10. And the Messenger of יהוה said to her, “I am going to increase your seed greatly, too numerous to be counted.”

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.

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.”

13. And she called the Name of יהוה who spoke to her, “You are the Ěl who sees,” for she said, “Even here have I seen after Him who sees me?”

14. That is why the well was called Be’ĕr Laḥai Ro’i, see, it is between Qaḏĕsh and Bereḏ.