1 A nd Sarai, Abram's wife, hath not borne to him, and she hath an handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name Hagar;

Now Abram’s wife Sarai had not given birth to any children. She had a woman servant from Egypt whose name was Hagar.

2 a nd Sarai saith unto Abram, `Lo, I pray thee, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing, go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; perhaps I am built up from her;' and Abram hearkeneth to the voice of Sarai.

So Sarai said to Abram, “Now see, the Lord has kept me from having children. Go in to the woman who serves me. It may be that I will get children through her.” Abram listened to what Sarai said.

3 A nd Sarai, Abram's wife, taketh Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, at the end of the tenth year of Abram's dwelling in the land of Canaan, and giveth her to Abram her husband, to him for a wife,

So Abram’s wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian, who served her, and gave her to her husband Abram as his wife. That was after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan.

4 a nd he goeth in unto Hagar, and she conceiveth, and she seeth that she hath conceived, and her mistress is lightly esteemed in her eyes.

He went in to Hagar, and she was going to have a child. And when she saw that she was going to have a child, she began to hate Sarai.

5 A nd Sarai saith unto Abram, `My violence for thee; I -- I have given mine handmaid into thy bosom, and she seeth that she hath conceived, and I am lightly esteemed in her eyes; Jehovah doth judge between me and thee.'

Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you. I gave the woman who served me into your arms. But when she saw that she was going to have a child, she began to hate me. May the Lord judge who is guilty or not between you and me.”

6 A nd Abram saith unto Sarai, `Lo, thine handmaid in thine hand, do to her that which is good in thine eyes;' and Sarai afflicted her, and she fleeth from her presence.

But Abram said to Sarai, “See, the woman who serves you is in your power. Do what you want with her.” So Sarai made it hard for Hagar. And Hagar ran away from her.

7 A nd a messenger of Jehovah findeth her by the fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way Shur,

The angel of the Lord found Hagar by a well of water in the desert on the way to Shur.

8 a nd he saith, `Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence hast thou come, and whither dost thou go?' and she saith, `From the presence of Sarai, my mistress, I am fleeing.'

He said, “Hagar, you who serve Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” And she said, “I am running away from Sarai, the one I serve.”

9 A nd the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, `Turn back unto thy mistress, and humble thyself under her hands;'

Then the angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your boss. Put yourself under her power.”

10 a nd the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, `Multiplying I multiply thy seed, and it is not numbered from multitude;'

The angel of the Lord said to her, “I will give you so many people in your family through the years that they will be too many to number.”

11 a nd the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, `Behold thou conceiving, and bearing a son, and hast called his name Ishmael, for Jehovah hath hearkened unto thine affliction;

The angel of the Lord also said to her, “See, you are going to have a child. And you will give birth to a son. You will give him the name Ishmael, because the Lord has heard how you have suffered.

12 a nd he is a wild-ass man, his hand against every one, and every one's hand against him -- and before the face of all his brethren he dwelleth.'

He will be a wild donkey of a man. His hand will be against all people. And the hand of all people will be against him. He will live to the east of all his brothers.”

13 A nd she calleth the name of Jehovah who is speaking unto her, `Thou, O God, my beholder;' for she said, `Even here have I looked behind my beholder?'

So Hagar gave this name to the Lord Who spoke to her, “You are a God Who sees.” For she said, “Have I even stayed alive here after seeing Him?”

14 t herefore hath one called the well, `The well of the Living One, my beholder;' lo, between Kadesh and Bered.

So the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is between Kadesh and Bered.

15 A nd Hagar beareth to Abram a son; and Abram calleth the name of his son, whom Hagar hath borne, Ishmael;

Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son. And Abram gave his son who was born of Hagar the name Ishmael.

16 a nd Abram a son of eighty and six years in Hagar's bearing Ishmael to Abram.

Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to his son Ishmael.