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Genesis 16:1

AbrahamHagarSarah
GriefWaiting on God
Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

2 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.

3 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.

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BSB
Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
KJV
Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
WEB
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
ASV
Now Sarai, Abram`s wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
DARBY
And Sarai Abram's wife did not bear him [children]. And she had an Egyptian maidservant; and her name was Hagar.
BLB
And Sarai the wife of Abram has not borne to him, and she had a maidservant, an Egyptianess, and her name [was] Hagar.
ÅB
Sarai, Abrams hustru, fødte ham ikke barn; men hun hadde en egyptisk slavekvinne, som hette Hagar.
OTB
Nå hadde Sarai, Abrams kone, ikke født ham noen barn, men hun hadde en egyptisk slave ved navn Hagar.
B1930
Sarai, Abrams hustru, fødte ham ikke barn; men hun hadde en egyptisk trælkvinne, som hette Hagar.

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  • Galatians 4:24

    Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.

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  • Genesis 12:16

    And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

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  • Genesis 15:2–3

    And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

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  • Genesis 21:9–10

    And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.

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  • Genesis 21:12

    And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

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  • Luke 1:36

    And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.

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  • Genesis 11:30

    But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

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  • Judges 13:2

    And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

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