¹Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, a Mizrit, whose name was Hagar. ²And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, YHVH 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. ³And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Mizrit, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Kana’an, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. ⁴And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. ⁵And 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: YHVH judge between me and thee. ⁶But 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. ⁷And the angel of YHVH found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. ⁸And 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. ⁹And the angel of YHVH said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. ¹⁰And the angel of YHVH said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. ¹¹And the angel of YHVH said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Yishmael; because YHVH hath heard thy affliction. ¹²And 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. ¹³And she called the name of YHVH that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? ¹⁴Wherefore the well was called Be’er Lahai Ro’i; behold, it is between Qadesh and Bered. ¹⁵And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. ¹⁶And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Yishmael to Abram.

²⁸The sons of Abraham ... Yishmael.