And SaraisaiduntoAbram, Behold now, the LORDhathrestrained me frombearing: I praythee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtainchildren by her. And Abramhearkened to the voice of Sarai.
And SaraiAbram’swifetookHagar her maid the Egyptian, afterAbram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husbandAbram to be his wife.
And SaraisaiduntoAbram, My wrong be uponthee: I havegiven my maidinto thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORDjudgebetween me and thee.
And the angel of the LORDsaidunto her, Behold, thou art withchild, and shaltbear a son, and shaltcall his nameIshmael; because the LORDhathheard thy affliction.