Genesis 16:1

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Sarai was Abram’s wife, but she did not have any children. She had an Egyptian slave named Hagar.

Cross References

Galatians 4:24

This true story makes a picture for us. The two women are like the two agreements between God and his people. One agreement is the law that God made on Mount Sinai. The people who are under this agreement are like slaves. The mother named Hagar is like that agreement.

Genesis 12:16

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

Luke 1:36

And here’s something else: 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 they had no children. Elizabeth could not have a baby, and both of them were very old.

Judges 13:2

There was a man named Manoah from the city of Zorah. He was from the tribe of Dan. Manoah had a wife, but she was not able to have any children.

Genesis 25:21

Isaac’s wife could not have children. So Isaac prayed to the Lord for her. The Lord heard Isaac’s prayer, and he allowed Rebekah to become pregnant.

Genesis 21:21

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

Genesis 21:12

But God said to Abraham, “Don’t worry about the boy and the slave woman. Do what Sarah wants. Your descendants will be those who come through Isaac.

Genesis 11:30

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

Genesis 15:21

Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”

1 Samuel 1:5

Elkanah always gave an equal share of the food to Hannah. He did this because he loved her very much, even though the Lord had not let Hannah have any children.