Genesis 16:1

Contemporary English Version 1995

Abram's wife Sarai had not been able to have any children. But she owned a young Egyptian slave woman named Hagar,

Cross References

Galatians 4:24

All of this has another meaning as well. Each of the two women stands for one of the agreements God made with his people. Hagar, the slave woman, stands for the agreement that was made at Mount Sinai. Everyone born into her family is a slave.

Genesis 12:16

The king was good to Abram because of Sarai, and Abram was given sheep, cattle, donkeys, slaves, and camels.

Luke 1:36

Your relative Elizabeth is also going to have a son, even though she is old. No one thought she could ever have a baby, but in three months she will have a son.

Luke 1:7

But they did not have children. Elizabeth could not have any, and both Zechariah and Elizabeth were already old.

Judges 13:2

Manoah from the tribe of Dan lived in the town of Zorah. His wife was not able to have children,

Genesis 25:21

Rebekah still had no children. So Isaac asked the Lord to let her have a child, and the Lord answered his prayer.

Genesis 21:12

But God said, “Abraham, don't worry about your slave woman and the boy. Just do what Sarah tells you. Isaac will inherit your family name,

Genesis 15:21

the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

1 Samuel 1:5

But he gave Hannah even more, because he loved Hannah very much, even though the Lord had kept her from having children of her own.