Hagar the Slave-Girl – Genesis – The Brick Bible

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Abram's wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian slave-girl named Hagar.

1 of 11 Genesis 16:1

And Sarai said to Abram, "Look, Yahweh has prevented me from bearing children, so have sex with my slave-girl. Maybe I can build a family through her."

2 of 11 Genesis 16:2

Abram did what Sarai said and had sex with Hagar.

3 of 11 Genesis 16:2, 4

Hagar conceived, and once she realized she was pregnant, she treated Sarai with contempt.

4 of 11 Genesis 16: 4

And Sarai said to Abraham, "This wrong done to me is your fault! I gave you my slave-girl, and now she regards me with contempt. May Yahweh judge between you and me!"

5 of 11 Genesis 16:5

Abram said to Sarai, "Your slave-girl is under your command. Do with her as you see fit."

6 of 11 Genesis 16:6

So Sarai treated her harshly, and Hagar ran away from her.

7 of 11 Genesis 16:6

The angel of Yahweh found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert and said, "Hagar, slave-girl of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?"

8 of 11 Genesis 16:7–8

Hagar said, "I am running away from my owner Sarai." And the angel of Yahweh said to her, "Go back to your owner and humble yourself to her."

9 of 11 Genesis 16:8–9

The angel said, "I will greatly multiply your descendants such that they cannot be counted. You shall bear a son and call him Ishmael. He will be a wild donkey of a man and live in hostility to all his brothers."

10 of 11 Genesis 16:10, 12

So Hagar bore Abraham a son and Abraham named him Ishmael. Abraham was 86 years old.

11 of 11 Genesis 16:15