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Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar;
Now
Sarai,
Abram’s wife, had
borne him
no children. She had a female
Egyptian servant whose
name was
Hagar.
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So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife.
So,
after Abram had
lived ten years in the
land of
Canaan,
Sarai,
Abram’s wife,
took Hagar the
Egyptian, her
servant, and
gave her to
Abram her
husband as a
wife.
(NIV)
He slept with Hagar, and she conceived.
When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
And he
went in to Hagar, and she
conceived. And when she
saw that she had
conceived,
she looked with
contempt on her
mistress.
(NIV)
And he said, ‘Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?’
‘I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,’ she answered.
And he
said, “
Hagar,
servant of
Sarai, where have you
come from and
where are you
going?” She
said, “
I am
fleeing from my
mistress Sarai.”
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So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
And
Hagar bore Abram a
son, and
Abram called the
name of his
son, whom
Hagar bore,
Ishmael.
(NIV)
Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael.
Abram was
eighty-six years old when
Hagar bore Ishmael to
Abram.
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But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking,
But
Sarah saw the
son of
Hagar the
Egyptian, whom she had
borne to
Abraham,
laughing.
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Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.
So
Abraham rose
early in the
morning and
took bread and a
skin of
water and
gave it
to Hagar,
putting it
on her
shoulder, along with the
child, and
sent her away. And she
departed and
wandered in the
wilderness of
Beersheba.
(NIV)
God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, ‘What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.
And
God heard the
voice of the
boy, and the
angel of
God called to Hagar from heaven and
said to her, “What troubles you,
Hagar?
Fear not, for
God has
heard the
voice of the
boy where he is.
(NIV)
This is the account of the family line of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Sarah’s slave, Hagar the Egyptian, bore to Abraham.
These are the
generations of
Ishmael,
Abraham’s son,
whom
Hagar the
Egyptian,
Sarah’s servant,
bore to
Abraham.
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These things are being taken figuratively: the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: this is Hagar.
Now
this may
be interpreted allegorically:
these women
are two covenants.
One is
from Mount Sinai,
bearing children
for slavery;
she is Hagar.
(NIV)
Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia; she
corresponds to the present
Jerusalem,
for she is in
slavery with her children.
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