Genesis 16:1 - The Scriptures 2009

¹ And Sarai, Aḇram’s wife, had borne him no child. And she had a Mitsrian female servant whose name was Haḡar.

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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,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had brought forth no children; but having a handmaid, an Egyptian, named Agar,

Genesis 16:1 Cross References

Genesis 11:30

And Sarai was barren, she had no child.

Genesis 12:16

And he treated Aḇram well for her sake, and he had sheep, and cattle, and male donkeys, and male and female servants, and female donkeys, and camels.

Genesis 15:21

and the Amorite, and the Kena‛anite, and the Girgashite, and the Yeḇusite.”

Genesis 21:12

But Elohim said to Aḇraham, “Let it not be evil in your eyes because of the boy and because of your female servant. Whatever Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice, for in Yitsḥaq your seed is called.

Genesis 21:21

And he dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Mitsrayim.

Genesis 25:21

And Yitsḥaq prayed to יהוה for his wife, because she was barren. And יהוה answered his prayer, and Riḇqah his wife conceived.

Luke 1:36

“And see, Elisheḇa your relative, she has also conceived a son in her old age. And this is now the sixth month to her who was called barren,

Luke 1:7

And they had no child, because Elisheḇa was barren, and both were advanced in years.

Galatians 4:24

This is allegorical, for these are the two covenants: one indeed from Mount Sinai which brings forth slavery, which is Haḡar,

Judges 13:2

And there was a certain man from Tsor‛ah, of the clan of the Danites, whose name was Manowaḥ. And his wife was barren and had not borne.

1 Samuel 1:5

but, although he loved Ḥannah, he gave only one portion to Ḥannah, because יהוה had shut up her womb.