Gen 16:1-3, 30:1 | ESV | STEP | Now Sarai , Abram’s wife , had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar .

Genesis 16:1-3

Sarai and Hagar

1 ^aNow Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was ^bHagar. 2 And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children ^{▼▼Hebrew be built up, which sounds like the Hebrew for children} by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. 3 So, after Abram ^dhad 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.

Genesis 30:1

1 When Rachel saw that ^eshe bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!”