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Genesis 16

16 aligned verses; 16 with wording or punctuation differences .

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And Sarai, Abram's wife , hath not borne to him, and she hath an handmaid, an Egyptian , and her name `is' Hagar ;
Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children , but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar .
and Sarai saith unto Abram, `Lo, I pray thee , Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing , go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid ; perhaps I am built up from her ;' and Abram hearkeneth to the voice of Sarai.
So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now , the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant ; perhaps I can build a family by her .” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
And Sarai, Abram's wife, taketh Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, at the end of the tenth year of Abram's dwelling in the land of Canaan, and giveth her to Abram her husband, to him for a wife ,
So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years , his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife .
and he goeth in unto Hagar, and she conceiveth, and she seeth that she hath conceived , and her mistress is lightly esteemed in her eyes .
And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant , she began to despise her mistress.
And Sarai saith unto Abram, `My violence `is' for thee; I -- I have given mine handmaid into thy bosom , and she seeth that she hath conceived , and I am lightly esteemed in her eyes; Jehovah doth judge between me and thee . '
Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms , and ever since she saw that she was pregnant , she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me .
And Abram saith unto Sarai , `Lo , thine handmaid ` is ' in thine hand, do to her that which is good in thine eyes;' and Sarai afflicted her, and she fleeth from her presence .
“Here , said Abram , “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her .” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.
And a messenger of Jehovah findeth her by the fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way ` to ' Shur ,
Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert— the spring along the road to Shur .
and he saith, ` Hagar, Sarai's handmaid , whence hast thou come, and whither dost thou go ? ' and she saith, ` From the presence of Sarai, my mistress, I am fleeing . '
Hagar, servant of Sarai , he said, “where have you come from , and where are you going ? “I am running away from my mistress Sarai , she replied .
And the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, `Turn back unto thy mistress , and humble thyself under her hands;'
So the angel of the LORD told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.”
and the messenger of Jehovah saith to her , `Multiplying I multiply thy seed, and it is not numbered from multitude;'
Then the angel added , I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”
and the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, ` Behold thou `art' conceiving , and bearing a son , and hast called his name Ishmael, for Jehovah hath hearkened unto thine affliction ;
The angel of the LORD proceeded: Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son . And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction .
and he is a wild -ass man, his hand against every one , and every one's hand against him -- and before the face of all his brethren he dwelleth . '
He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone , and everyone’s hand against him ; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers .
And she calleth the name of Jehovah who is speaking unto her , `Thou `art', O God, my beholder;' for she said, `Even here have I looked behind my beholder?'
So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her : “You are the God who sees me , for she said, Here I have seen the One who sees me!”
therefore hath one called the well , `The well of the Living One, my beholder;' lo, between Kadesh and Bered.
Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.
And Hagar beareth to Abram a son ; and Abram calleth the name of his son , whom Hagar hath borne , Ishmael;
And Hagar bore Abram a son , and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne .
and Abram `is' a son of eighty and six years in Hagar's bearing Ishmael to Abram .
Abram was eighty - six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him .

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