Genesis 16:1 - Plain English Version

^1-3 Abram and Sarai lived in that Canaan country, and after they were there for 10 years, they still had no kids. Sarai had a woman from Egypt working for her, called Hagar. She was Sarai’s slave. That means Sarai owned Hagar, and Hagar had to do everything that Sarai told her to do. Sarai was sad because she had no kids, but she got an idea about how to get a baby for herself. So she said to Abram, “God has stopped me from having my own kids. But listen. I want you to sleep with Hagar, like she is your wife. You see, she belongs to me, so if she has a baby, that baby will really belong to me.” So Abram did that, just like Sarai said.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ NOW SARAI, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. She had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Common English Bible

¹ Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not been able to have children. Since she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had not conceived children. But, having an Egyptian handmaid named Hagar,

Genesis 16:1 Referencias Cruzadas

Galatians 4:24

That old story teaches us something else too. Those 2 women are like pictures of the 2 agreements that God made with his people. Hagar is like the agreement that God made on the big hill called Sinai, where he gave the Jews their law. That agreement makes people like prisoners. They are not free. They have to work all the time to follow that law.

Genesis 12:16

That boss was very good to Abram, because he thought that Abram was Sarai’s brother. He gave Abram sheep, and goats, and cows, and bulls, and donkeys, and camels, as well as men and women that had to work for Abram.

Luke 1:36

And you know your cousin Elizabeth? Everyone reckoned she is too old to have a baby, but now she is carrying a baby inside her. She has been carrying that baby for the last 6 months, and soon she will have a son.

Luke 1:7

They got very old, but they didn’t have any kids. You see, Elizabeth just couldn’t have a baby.

Genesis 25:21

At first, after Isaac and Rebekah got married, they didn’t have any kids. Rebekah just couldn’t have a baby. So Isaac prayed strongly to God. He said, “Please let Rebekah have a baby.” God listened to Isaac, and God made 2 baby boys start growing inside Rebekah.

Genesis 21:12

But God said to Abraham, “Don’t worry about Ishmael or his mother. You see, the family that I promised you will come from Isaac, not from Ishmael. So listen to Sarah, and do what she says.

Genesis 11:30

but Abram and Sarai didn’t have any kids. Sarai just couldn’t have a baby.

1 Samuel 1:5

His other wife, Hannah, had no kids. You see, before this time, God stopped her from having kids. But Elkanah loved her very much, so he used to give lots of meat to her.