Genesis 16
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1Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
Genesis 16:1
2And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
Genesis 16:2
3And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
Genesis 16:3
4And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
Genesis 16:4
5And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
Genesis 16:5
6But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
Genesis 16:6
7And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Genesis 16:7
8And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
Genesis 16:8
9And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
Genesis 16:9
10And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
Genesis 16:10
11And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
Genesis 16:11
12And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Genesis 16:12
13And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
Genesis 16:13
14Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis 16:14
15And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
Genesis 16:15
16And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
Genesis 16:16
Chapter 16
Cross References
Genesis 16:1
Galatians 4:24Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the...Genesis 12:16And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he ass...Genesis 21:9¶ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham,...Genesis 15:2And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the...Genesis 21:12¶ And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the...
Genesis 16:2
Genesis 3:17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, a...Genesis 18:10And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; an...Exodus 21:4If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; th...Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God h...Genesis 3:12And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the t...
Genesis 16:3
Genesis 12:4So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and A...Genesis 16:5And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy...Galatians 4:25For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is,...Genesis 30:4And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.Genesis 28:9Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the d...
Genesis 16:4
Proverbs 30:23For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mis...2 Samuel 6:16And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter l...1 Corinthians 13:4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not i...Proverbs 30:20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and sa...1 Samuel 1:6And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD...
Genesis 16:5
Genesis 31:53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt...Exodus 5:21And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made...2 Chronicles 24:22Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had do...Psalms 35:23Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lor...Psalms 7:8The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness...
Genesis 16:6
Jeremiah 38:5Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he...Proverbs 29:19A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not a...Job 2:6And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.Psalms 106:41And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled ov...Ecclesiastes 10:4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yieldi...
Genesis 16:7
Genesis 25:18And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest towar...Exodus 15:22So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness...Genesis 21:17And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of...Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.1 Samuel 15:7And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is ov...
Genesis 16:8
Genesis 3:9And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?Genesis 4:10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto m...Ecclesiastes 10:4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yieldi...Jeremiah 2:17Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD th...Ephesians 6:5Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with...
Genesis 16:9
1 Peter 5:5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subje...Ecclesiastes 10:4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yieldi...1 Peter 2:18Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gen...Titus 2:9Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well i...Ephesians 5:21Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Genesis 16:10
Genesis 17:20And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make...Psalms 83:6The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;Genesis 21:18Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great...Genesis 25:12¶ Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egypti...Genesis 21:13And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy see...
Genesis 16:11
Exodus 2:23¶ And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the c...Exodus 3:7¶ And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in...Isaiah 7:14Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceiv...Genesis 17:19And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call h...Genesis 41:51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath mad...
Genesis 16:12
Genesis 25:18And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest towar...Genesis 21:20And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became a...Job 39:5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild as...Genesis 27:40And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come...Job 11:12For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
Cross References
Genesis 16:1
Galatians 4:24Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the...Genesis 12:16And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he ass...Genesis 21:9¶ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham,...Genesis 15:2And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the...Genesis 21:12¶ And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the...
Genesis 16:2
Genesis 3:17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, a...Genesis 18:10And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; an...Exodus 21:4If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; th...Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God h...Genesis 3:12And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the t...
Genesis 16:3
Genesis 12:4So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and A...Genesis 16:5And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy...Galatians 4:25For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is,...Genesis 30:4And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.Genesis 28:9Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the d...
Genesis 16:4
Proverbs 30:23For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mis...2 Samuel 6:16And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter l...1 Corinthians 13:4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not i...Proverbs 30:20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and sa...1 Samuel 1:6And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD...
Genesis 16:5
Genesis 31:53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt...Exodus 5:21And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made...2 Chronicles 24:22Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had do...Psalms 35:23Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lor...Psalms 7:8The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness...
Genesis 16:6
Jeremiah 38:5Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he...Proverbs 29:19A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not a...Job 2:6And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.Psalms 106:41And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled ov...Ecclesiastes 10:4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yieldi...
Genesis 16:7
Genesis 25:18And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest towar...Exodus 15:22So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness...Genesis 21:17And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of...Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.1 Samuel 15:7And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is ov...
Genesis 16:8
Genesis 3:9And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?Genesis 4:10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto m...Ecclesiastes 10:4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yieldi...Jeremiah 2:17Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD th...Ephesians 6:5Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with...
Genesis 16:9
1 Peter 5:5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subje...Ecclesiastes 10:4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yieldi...1 Peter 2:18Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gen...Titus 2:9Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well i...Ephesians 5:21Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Genesis 16:10
Genesis 17:20And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make...Psalms 83:6The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;Genesis 21:18Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great...Genesis 25:12¶ Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egypti...Genesis 21:13And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy see...
Genesis 16:11
Exodus 2:23¶ And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the c...Exodus 3:7¶ And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in...Isaiah 7:14Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceiv...Genesis 17:19And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call h...Genesis 41:51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath mad...
Genesis 16:12
Genesis 25:18And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest towar...Genesis 21:20And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became a...Job 39:5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild as...Genesis 27:40And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come...Job 11:12For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.