Genesis 16
Hagar und Ismael
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. (Gen. 16:1 KJV)
And 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. (Gen. 16:2 KJV)
And 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. (Gen. 16:3 KJV)
And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. (Gen. 16:4 KJV)
And 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. (Gen. 16:5 KJV)
But 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. (Gen. 16:6 KJV)
And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.(Gen. 16:7 KJV)
And 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. (Gen. 16:8 KJV)
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. (Gen. 16:9 KJV)
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.(Gen. 16:10 KJV)
And 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. (Gen. 16:11 KJV)
And 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. (Gen. 16:12 KJV)
And 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? (Gen. 16:13 KJV)
Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. (Gen. 16:14 KJV)
And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.(Gen. 16:15 KJV)
And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. (Gen. 16:16 KJV)
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Genesis 16 shows what happens when people try to fulfill God's promises by their own plans instead of waiting for God's timing.
Sarah (still called Sarai) has not had a child. Sarai gives her servant Hagar to Abraham (still called Abram) so that they might have a child through her. Hagar becomes pregnant. Sarai blames Abram, and Hagar is treated harshly until she flees into the wilderness.
This shows how the arrangement creates conflict instead of solving the problem.
In the wilderness, the Angel of the Lord finds Hagar and tells her she will have a son and instructs her to name him Ishmael, which means "God hears".
Hagar gives God the name El Roi. (the only person in dthe bible who explicitly recorded as giving God a name.
Abram is 86 years old when Ishmael is born.