Tree Of Life Version

Genesis 16:8-16 Tree Of Life Version (TLV)

8. He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s slave-girl, where have you come from and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.”

9. The angel of Adonai said, “Return to your mistress and humble yourself under her hand.”

10. Then the angel of Adonai said to her, “I will bountifully multiply your seed, and they will be too many to count.”

11. Then the angel of Adonai said to her, Behold, you are pregnant and about to bear a son, and you shall name him Ishmael— for Adonai has heard your affliction.

12. He will be a wild donkey of a man. His hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him, and away from all his brothers will he dwell.

13. So she called Adonai who was speaking to her, “You are the God who sees me.” For she said, “Would I have gone here indeed looking for Him who looks after me?”

14. That is why the well is named, the Well of the Living One Who Sees Me. (Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.)

15. Then Hagar gave birth to a son for Abram, and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

16. Abram was 86 years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael for Abram.