1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no
children. She had a servant, an Egyptian,
whose name was Hagar.


2 Sarai said to Abram, “See now, Yahweh
has restrained me from bearing. Please
go in to my servant. It may be that I will
obtain children by her.” Abram listened to
the voice of Sarai.


3 Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the
Egyptian, her servant, after Abram had
lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and
gave her to Abram her husband to be his
wife.


4 He wentin to Hagar, and she conceived.
When she saw that she had conceived, her
mistress was despised in her eyes.


5 Sarai said to Abram, “This wrong is
your fault. I gave my servant into your
bosom, and when she saw that she had
conceived, she despised me. May Yahweh
judge between me and you.”


6 But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your
maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever
is good in your eyes.” Sarai dealt harshly
with her, and she fled from her face.


7 Yahweh’s angelfound her by a fountain
of water in the wilderness, by the fountain
on the way to Shur.


8 He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where
did you come from? Where are you going?”