Genesis 16:3

Holman Christian Standard Bible

So Abram’s wife Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian slave, and gave her to her husband Abram as a wife for him. This happened after Abram had lived in the land of Canaan 10 years.

Cross References

Genesis 16:16

Abram was 86 years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.

Genesis 16:4

He slept with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When she realized that she was pregnant, she treated her mistress with contempt.

Genesis 16:5

Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for my suffering! I put my slave in your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the Lord judge between me and you.”

Genesis 21:21

He settled in the Wilderness of Paran, and his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

Genesis 25:6

And Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines, but while he was still alive he sent them eastward, away from his son Isaac, to the land of the East.

Genesis 28:9

so Esau went to Ishmael and married, in addition to his other wives, Mahalath daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son. She was the sister of Nebaioth.

Genesis 30:4

So Rachel gave her slave Bilhah to Jacob as a wife, and he slept with her.

Genesis 30:9

When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her slave Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

Genesis 32:22

During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female slaves, and his 11 sons, and crossed the ford of Jabbok.

Genesis 35:22

While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had 12 sons:

2 Samuel 5:13

After he arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

1 Kings 11:3

He had 700 wives who were princesses and 300 concubines, and they turned his heart away from the Lord.

Galatians 4:25

Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.