<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.

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

 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.

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Genesis 16:1-2 NIV

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