GEN 16:1 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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BrLXX Σάρα δὲ ἡ γυνὴ Ἅβραμ οὐκ ἔτικτεν αὐτῷ· ἦν δὲ αὐτῇ παιδίσκη Αἰγυπτία, ᾗ ὄνομα Ἄγαρ.
(Sara de haʸ gunaʸ Habram ouk etikten autōi; aʸn de autaʸ paidiskaʸ Aiguptia, haʸ onoma Agar. )

BrTr And Sara the wife of Abram bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian maid, whose name was Agar.

ULT Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had not born children for him, but she had an Egyptian maidservant, and her name was Hagar.

UST Now Abram’s wife Sarai had still not given birth to any children for him, but she owned an Egyptian servant woman whose name was Hagar.

BSB § Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.

OEB Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian slave-girl whose name was Hagar.

WEBBE Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.

LSV And Sarai, Abram’s wife, has not borne to him, and she has a handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name [is] Hagar;

FBV Sarai, Abram's wife, hadn't been able to have any children for him. However, she owned a female Egyptian slave named Hagar,

T4T Up to that time, Abram’s wife Sarai had not given birth to any children for Abram. But she had a female slave from Egypt, whose name was Hagar.

LEB Now[fn] Sarai, the wife of Abram, had borne him no children. And she had a female Egyptian servant, and her name was Hagar.

16:1 Or “And”

BBE Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar.

Moff No Moff GEN book available

JPS Now Sarai Abram's wife bore him no children; and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

ASV Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

DRA Now Sarai the wife of Abram, had brought forth no children; but having a handmaid, an Egyptian, named Agar,

YLT And Sarai, Abram's wife, hath not borne to him, and she hath an handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name [is] Hagar;

Drby And Sarai Abram's wife did not bear him [children]. And she had an Egyptian maidservant; and her name was Hagar.

RV Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Wbstr Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

KJB-1769 Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

KJB-1611 ¶ Now Sarai Abrams wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaide, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Sarai Abrams wyfe bare hym no chyldren: but she had an handemayde an Egyptian, Hagar by name.
(Sarai Abrams wife bare him no children: but she had an handemayde an Egyptian, Hagar by name.)

Gnva Nowe Sarai Abrams wife bare him no children, and she had a maide an Egyptian, Hagar by name.
(Now Sarai Abrams wife bare him no children, and she had a maid an Egyptian, Hagar by name. )

Cvdl Sarai Abrams wife bare him no children: but she had an handmayde an Egipcian, whose name was Agar,
(Sarai Abrams wife bare him no children: but she had an handmaid an Egipcian, whose name was Agar,)

Wycl Therfor Sarai, wijf of Abram, hadde not gendrid fre children; but sche hadde a seruauntesse of Egipt, Agar bi name, and seide to hir hosebonde, Lo!
(Therefore Sarai, wife of Abram, had not gendrid free children; but she had a servantsse of Egypt, Agar by name, and said to her husband, Lo!)

Luth Sarai, Abrams Weib, gebar ihm nichts. Sie hatte aber eine ägyptische Magd, die hieß Hagar.
(Sarai, Abrams woman, gebar him nothing. They/She had but one ägyptische Magd, the was_called Hagar.)

ClVg Igitur Sarai, uxor Abram, non genuerat liberos: sed habens ancillam ægyptiam nomine Agar,[fn]
(Igitur Sarai, wife Abram, not/no genuerat liberos: but habens maidservant ægyptiam nomine Agar, )

16.1 Igitur Sarai uxor Abram, etc. RAB. Non est adulter Abram si, vivente uxore, ancillæ jungitur, quia nondum promulgata erat lex Evangelii unius uxoris: et genus suum multiplicandum audierat, sed per quam mulierem nesciebat, quia Saram sterilem noverat. Non fuit in coitu libidinosa voluptas, sed prolis habendæ pia charitas: uxor quoque hoc voluit et cœgit, quæ filios habere non poterat; ideo ex alia suscipere cupiebat quem in locum proprii adoptaret.

16.1 Igitur Sarai wife Abram, etc. RAB. Non it_is adulter Abram si, vivente uxore, ancillæ yungitur, because nondum promulgata was lex of_the_Gospels of_one uxoris: and genus his_own multiplicandum audierat, but through how mulierem nesciebat, because Saram sterilem noverat. Non fuit in coitu libidinosa voluptas, but prolis habendæ pia charitas: wife too this voluit and cœgit, which filios habere not/no poterat; ideo from other suscipere cupiebat which in place proprii adoptaret.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-background

וְ⁠שָׂרַי֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת אַבְרָ֔ם

and,Sarai wife_of Avram

This verse begins a new topic and gives background information about Sarai. Some languages have a special conjunction for this. Other languages do not use a conjunction here. Do what is best in your language.

לֹ֥א יָלְדָ֖ה ל֑⁠וֹ

not she/it_gave_birth to=him/it

Sarai’s barrenness is first mentioned in Gen 11:30. Alternate translation: “still had not had any children for him,”

וְ⁠לָ֛⁠הּ

and,had,she

Alternate translation: “but she did have”

שִׁפְחָ֥ה מִצְרִ֖ית

female_~_servant from_Miʦrayim/(Miʦrayim/(Egypt))

See how you translated “female slaves/servants” in Gen 12:16. Alternate translation: “an Egyptian slave woman” or “a female slave from the country of Egypt”

וּ⁠שְׁמָ֥⁠הּ הָגָֽר

and,name,whose Hāgār

Alternate translation: “named Hagar.”

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Hagar Flees from Sarai

Genesis 16

The Lord had promised repeatedly to raise up a great nation from Abram’s descendants (Genesis 12:2; 13:16; 15:5), but several years passed from the time this promise was given until Abram’s wife Sarai bore a child. During this time, Sarai sought to acquire a child for Abram through Hagar, her Egyptian servant-girl–a common practice at this time. When Hagar conceived, she began to regard Sarai with contempt, and Sarai responded by treating her harshly. Eventually Hagar ran away, heading south from Hebron (see Genesis 13:18) and following the way to Shur toward the wilderness and Kadesh-barnea. Along the way the angel of the Lord found her by a spring (also called a well in verse 14). He told her to return to her mistress Sarai, but he also promised that Hagar would bear a son, Ishmael, and that his descendants would become a great nation. In response, Hagar named the well Beer-lahai-roi, meaning “the well of the Living One who sees me.” She then returned to Sarai at Hebron and gave birth to Ishmael. The well at Beer-lahai-roi may also be the place where Hagar later found water to give to Ishmael after they were sent away from Abraham and Sarah (Genesis 21). Isaac also moved to Beer-lai-roi for a time after his father Abraham died (Genesis 25:11). Some scholars locate Beer-lahai-roi at a well called Ain Muweileh, about 6 miles (9.5 km) northwest of Kadesh-barnea, based on speculation that the modern name is a corruption of an Arabic phrase meaning “water of the living one seeing.” But the Bible makes it clear that Beer-lai-roi “lies between Kadesh and Bered,” and Bered was likely located at what was later called Elusa (based on the Jerusalem Targum and possibly Jerome), as shown on this map. Given this location for Bered, this author has identified the most likely location for Beer-lahai-roi to be Bi’ren–the only well located along the way to Shur between Bered and Kadesh-barnea.

Parallel GEN 16:1

Hagar Flees from Sarai