Genesis 16:3

Easy To Read Version

This was after Abram lived ten years in the land of Canaan. And Sarai gave Hagar to her husband Abram. (Hagar was her servant from Egypt.)

Cross References

Genesis 16:16

Abram was 86 years old when Ishmael was born from Hagar.

Genesis 16:4

Hagar became pregnant from Abram. When Hagar saw this, she became very proud and began to feel that she was better than Sarai her master.

Genesis 16:5

But Sarai said to Abram, “My servant now hates me. And I blame you for this. I gave her to you. She became pregnant. And then she began to feel that she is better than I am. I want the Lord to judge which of us is right.”

Genesis 21:21

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

Genesis 28:9

Esau already had two wives. But he went to Ishmael and married another woman. He married Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael. Ishmael was Abraham’s son. Mahalath was Nebaioth’s sister.

Genesis 30:4

So Rachel gave Bilhah to her husband Jacob. Jacob had sexual relations with Bilhah.

Genesis 30:9

Leah saw that she could have no more children. So she gave her slave girl Zilpah to Jacob.

Genesis 32:22

Later that night, Jacob got up and left that place. Jacob took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven sons with him. Jacob crossed the Jabbok River at the crossing.

Genesis 35:22

Israel stayed there for a short time. While he was there, Reuben slept with Israel’s woman servant [214] Bilhah. Israel heard about this and was very angry.

2 Samuel 5:13

David moved from Hebron to Jerusalem. In Jerusalem, David got more women servants [29] and wives. Some more of David’s children were born in Jerusalem.

1 Kings 11:3

Solomon had 700 wives. (These women were all daughters of leaders from other nations.) He also had 300 slave women that were like wives to him. His wives caused him to turn away from God.

Galatians 4:25

So Hagar is like Mount Sinai in Arabia. She is a picture of the earthly \{Jewish\} city of Jerusalem. This city is a slave, and all its people (the Jews) are slaves \{to the law\}.