| 1 | Now Sarai the wife of Abram, had brought forth no children; but having a handmaid, an Egyptian, named Agar, |
| 2 | She said to her husband: Behold, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: go in unto my handmaid, it may be I may have children of her at least. And when he agreed to her request, |
| 3 | She took Agar the Egyptian her handmaid, ten years after they first dwelt in the land of Chanaan, and gave her to her husband to wife. |
| 4 | And he went in to her. But she, perceiving that she was with child, despised her mistress. |
| 5 | And Sarai said to Abram: Thou dost unjustly with me: I gave my handmaid into thy bosom, and she perceiving herself to be with child, despiseth me. The Lord judge between me and thee. |
| 6 | And Abram made answer, and said to her: Behold thy handmaid is in thy own hand, use her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai afflicted her, she ran away. |
| 7 | And the angel of the Lord having found her, by a fountain of water in the wilderness, which is in the way to Sur in the desert, |
| 8 | He said to her: Agar, handmaid of Sarai, whence comest thou? and whither goest thou? And she answered: I flee from the face of Sarai, my mistress. |
| 9 | And the angel of the Lord said to her: Return to thy mistress, and humble thyself under her hand. |
| 10 | And again he said: I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, and it shall not be numbered for multitude. |
| 11 | And again: Behold, said he, thou art with child, and thou shalt bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name Ismael, because the Lord hath heard thy affliction. |
| 12 | He shall be a wild man: his hand will be against all men, and all men's hands against him: and he shall pitch his tents over against all his brethren. |
| 13 | And she called the name of the Lord that spoke unto her: Thou the God who hast seen me. For she said: Verily here have I seen the hinder parts of him that seeth me. |
| 14 | Therefore she called that well, The well of him that liveth and seeth me. The same is between Cades and Barad. |
| 15 | And Agar brought forth a son to Abram: who called his name Ismael. |
| 16 | Abram was four score and six years old when Agar brought him forth Ismael. |
