<h3>Hagar and Ishmael</h3>16 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar; 2 so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.” Abram agreed to what Sarai said. 3 So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife. 4 He slept with Hagar, and she conceived.When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress. 5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the Lord judge between you and me.” 6 “Your slave is in your hands, ” Abram said. “Do with her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai mistreated Hagar; so she fled from her. 7 The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur. 8 And he said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered. 9 Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.” 10 The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.” 11 The angel of the Lord also said to her:<poetry>“You are now pregnant <indent>and you will give birth to a son. </indent> You shall name him Ishmael, <indent>for the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> has heard of your misery. </indent> 12 <poetry>He will be a wild donkey of a man; <indent>his hand will be against everyone</indent> <indent>and everyone’s hand against him,</indent> and he will live in hostility <indent>toward all his brothers. ”</indent></poetry> 13 She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me, ” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.” 14 That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi ; it is still there, between Kadesh and Bered. 15 So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne. 16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael. <h3>The Covenant of Circumcision</h3>17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty ; walk before me faithfully and be blameless. 2 Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.” 3 Abram fell facedown, and God said to him, 4 “As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. 5 No longer will you be called Abram ; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations. 6 I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you. 7 I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 8 The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God. ” 9 Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come. 10 This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised. 11 You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you. 12 For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner—those who are not your offspring. 13 Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant. 14 Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant. ” 15 God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. 16 I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.” 17 Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?” 18 And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!” 19 Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation. 21 But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year.” 22 When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him. 23 On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him. 24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised, 25 and his son Ishmael was thirteen; 26 Abraham and his son Ishmael were both circumcised on that very day. 27 And every male in Abraham’s household , including those born in his household or bought from a foreigner, was circumcised with him.

Genesis 16:1

Now Sarai,<cr>1</cr> Abram’s wife, had borne him no children.<cr>2</cr> But she had an Egyptian slave<cr>3</cr> named Hagar;<cr>4</cr>

so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children.<cr>1</cr> Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.”<cr>2</cr> <pb/>Abram agreed to what Sarai said.

Genesis 16:2

So after Abram had been living in Canaan<cr>1</cr> ten years,<cr>2</cr> Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife.

Genesis 16:3

He slept with Hagar,<cr>1</cr> and she conceived.<pb/>When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.<cr>2</cr>

Genesis 16:4

Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the Lord judge between you and me.”<cr>1</cr>

Genesis 16:5

“Your slave is in your hands,<cr>1</cr> ” Abram said. “Do with her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai mistreated<cr>2</cr> Hagar; so she fled from her.

Genesis 16:6

The angel of the Lord<cr>1</cr> found Hagar near a spring<cr>2</cr> in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur.<cr>3</cr>

Genesis 16:7

And he said, “Hagar,<cr>1</cr> slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?”<cr>2</cr> <pb/>“I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.

Genesis 16:8

Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.”

Genesis 16:9

The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.”<cr>1</cr>

Genesis 16:10

The angel of the Lord<cr>1</cr> also said to her:<pb/><poetry>“You are now pregnant <indent>and you will give birth to a son.<cr>2</cr> </indent> You shall name him<cr>3</cr> Ishmael,<ft>1</ft><cr>4</cr> <indent>for the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> has heard of your misery.<cr>5</cr> </indent>

Genesis 16:11

He will be a wild donkey<cr>1</cr> of a man; <indent>his hand will be against everyone</indent> <indent>and everyone’s hand against him,</indent> and he will live in hostility <indent>toward<ft>1</ft> all his brothers.<cr>2</cr> ”</indent>

Genesis 16:12

She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,<cr>1</cr> ” for she said, “I have now seen<ft>1</ft> the One who sees me.”<cr>2</cr>

Genesis 16:13

That is why the well<cr>1</cr> was called Beer Lahai Roi<ft>1</ft>;<cr>2</cr> it is still there, between Kadesh<cr>3</cr> and Bered.

Genesis 16:14

So Hagar<cr>1</cr> bore Abram a son,<cr>2</cr> and Abram gave the name Ishmael<cr>3</cr> to the son she had borne.

Genesis 16:15

Abram was eighty-six years old<cr>1</cr> when Hagar bore him Ishmael.

Genesis 16:16

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was ninety-nine years old,<cr>1</cr> the Lord appeared to him<cr>2</cr> and said, “I am God Almighty<ft>1</ft>;<cr>3</cr> walk before me faithfully and be blameless.<cr>4</cr>

Then I will make my covenant between me and you<cr>1</cr> and will greatly increase your numbers.”<cr>2</cr>

Genesis 17:2

Abram fell facedown,<cr>1</cr> and God said to him,

Genesis 17:3

“As for me, this is my covenant with you:<cr>1</cr> You will be the father of many nations.<cr>2</cr>

Genesis 17:4

No longer will you be called Abram<ft>1</ft>; your name will be Abraham,<ft>2</ft><cr>1</cr> for I have made you a father of many nations.<cr>2</cr>

Genesis 17:5

I will make you very fruitful;<cr>1</cr> I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.<cr>2</cr>

Genesis 17:6

I will establish my covenant<cr>1</cr> as an everlasting covenant<cr>2</cr> between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God<cr>3</cr> and the God of your descendants after you.<cr>4</cr>

Genesis 17:7

The whole land of Canaan,<cr>1</cr> where you now reside as a foreigner,<cr>2</cr> I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you;<cr>3</cr> and I will be their God.<cr>4</cr> ”

Genesis 17:8

Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant,<cr>1</cr> you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.<cr>2</cr>

Genesis 17:9

This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised.<cr>1</cr>

Genesis 17:10

You are to undergo circumcision,<cr>1</cr> and it will be the sign of the covenant<cr>2</cr> between me and you.

Genesis 17:11

For the generations to come<cr>1</cr> every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised,<cr>2</cr> including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner—those who are not your offspring.

Genesis 17:12

Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised.<cr>1</cr> My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant.<cr>2</cr>

Genesis 17:13

Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised<cr>1</cr> in the flesh, will be cut off from his people;<cr>2</cr> he has broken my covenant.<cr>3</cr> ”

Genesis 17:14

God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai<cr>1</cr> your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.<cr>2</cr>

Genesis 17:15

I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her.<cr>1</cr> I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations;<cr>2</cr> kings of peoples will come from her.”

Genesis 17:16

Abraham fell facedown;<cr>1</cr> he laughed<cr>2</cr> and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old?<cr>3</cr> Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”<cr>4</cr>

Genesis 17:17

And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael<cr>1</cr> might live under your blessing!”<cr>2</cr>

Genesis 17:18

Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son,<cr>1</cr> and you will call him Isaac.<ft>1</ft><cr>2</cr> I will establish my covenant with him<cr>3</cr> as an everlasting covenant<cr>4</cr> for his descendants after him.

Genesis 17:19

And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers.<cr>1</cr> He will be the father of twelve rulers,<cr>2</cr> and I will make him into a great nation.<cr>3</cr>

Genesis 17:20

But my covenant<cr>1</cr> I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you<cr>2</cr> by this time next year.”<cr>3</cr>

Genesis 17:21

When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.<cr>1</cr>

Genesis 17:22

On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household<cr>1</cr> or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him.<cr>2</cr>

Genesis 17:23

Abraham was ninety-nine years old<cr>1</cr> when he was circumcised,<cr>2</cr>

Genesis 17:24

and his son Ishmael<cr>1</cr> was thirteen;

Genesis 17:25

Abraham and his son Ishmael were both circumcised on that very day.

Genesis 17:26

And every male in Abraham’s household<cr>1</cr> , including those born in his household or bought from a foreigner, was circumcised with him.

Genesis 17:27

 1 Now Sarai,   Abram’s wife, had borne him no children.   But she had an Egyptian slave   named Hagar;   2 so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children.   Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.”   Abram agreed to what Sarai said. 3 So after Abram had been living in Canaan   ten years,   Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife. 4 He slept with Hagar,   and she conceived. When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.   5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the Lord judge between you and me.”   6 “Your slave is in your hands,  ” Abram said. “Do with her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai mistreated   Hagar; so she fled from her. 7 The angel of the Lord   found Hagar near a spring   in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur.   8 And he said, “Hagar,   slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?”   “I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered. 9 Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.” 10 The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.”   11 The angel of the Lord   also said to her: “You are now pregnant and you will give birth to a son.   You shall name him   Ishmael,    for the Lord has heard of your misery.    12 He will be a wild donkey   of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward  all his brothers.  ” 13 She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,  ” for she said, “I have now seen  the One who sees me.”   14 That is why the well   was called Beer Lahai Roi ;   it is still there, between Kadesh   and Bered. 15 So Hagar   bore Abram a son,   and Abram gave the name Ishmael   to the son she had borne. 16 Abram was eighty-six years old   when Hagar bore him Ishmael. 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old,   the Lord appeared to him   and said, “I am God Almighty ;   walk before me faithfully and be blameless.   2 Then I will make my covenant between me and you   and will greatly increase your numbers.”   3 Abram fell facedown,   and God said to him, 4 “As for me, this is my covenant with you:   You will be the father of many nations.   5 No longer will you be called Abram ; your name will be Abraham,    for I have made you a father of many nations.   6 I will make you very fruitful;   I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.   7 I will establish my covenant   as an everlasting covenant   between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God   and the God of your descendants after you.   8 The whole land of Canaan,   where you now reside as a foreigner,   I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you;   and I will be their God.  ” 9 Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant,   you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.   10 This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised.   11 You are to undergo circumcision,   and it will be the sign of the covenant   between me and you. 12 For the generations to come   every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised,   including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner—those who are not your offspring. 13 Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised.   My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant.   14 Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised   in the flesh, will be cut off from his people;   he has broken my covenant.  ” 15 God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai   your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.   16 I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her.   I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations;   kings of peoples will come from her.” 17 Abraham fell facedown;   he laughed   and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old?   Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”   18 And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael   might live under your blessing!”   19 Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son,   and you will call him Isaac.    I will establish my covenant with him   as an everlasting covenant   for his descendants after him. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers.   He will be the father of twelve rulers,   and I will make him into a great nation.   21 But my covenant   I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you   by this time next year.”   22 When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.   23 On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household   or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him.   24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old   when he was circumcised,   25 and his son Ishmael   was thirteen; 26 Abraham and his son Ishmael were both circumcised on that very day. 27 And every male in Abraham’s household  , including those born in his household or bought from a foreigner, was circumcised with him.

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