Genesis 16:1

Easy To Read Version

Sarai was Abram’s wife. She and Abram had no children. Sarai had a servant from Egypt. Her name was Hagar.

Cross References

Genesis 11:30

Sarai did not have any children because she was not able to have children.

Genesis 12:16

Pharaoh was kind to Abram because he thought Abram was Sarai’s brother. Pharaoh gave Abram sheep, cattle, and donkeys. Abram also got men servants, women servants, and camels.

Genesis 15:21

the Amorite people, the Canaanite people, the Girgashite people, and the Jebusite people.”

Genesis 21:12

But God said to Abraham, “Don’t worry about the boy and the slave woman. Do what Sarah wants. Isaac will be your only heir. [115]

Genesis 21:21

His mother found a wife for him in Egypt. They continued living in the Paran desert.

Genesis 25:21

Isaac’s wife could not have children. So Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife. The Lord heard Isaac’s prayer. And the Lord allowed Rebekah to become pregnant.

Luke 1:36

Also, your relative Elizabeth is pregnant. She is very old, but she is going to have a son. Everyone thought she could not have a baby, but she has been pregnant now for six months!

Luke 1:7

But Zechariah and Elizabeth had no children. Elizabeth could not have a baby; and both of them were very old.

Galatians 4:24

This true story makes a picture for us. The two women are like the two agreements (covenants) between God and his people. One agreement is \{the law that God made\} on Mount Sinai. {\cf2\super [55]} The people who are under this agreement are like slaves. The mother named Hagar is like that agreement.

Judges 13:2

There was a man from the city of Zorah. The man’s name was Manoah. He was from the family group of Dan. Manoah had a wife. But she was not able to have any children.

1 Samuel 1:5

Elkanah always gave an equal share [6] of the food to Hannah. Elkanah did this even though the Lord had not let Hannah have any children. Elkanah did this because Hannah was the wife he really loved.