Genesis 16:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

So after living ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai gave her Egyptian slave to Abram as a second wife.

Cross References

Genesis 16:5

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

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 are slaves to the law.

1 Kings 11:3

He had 700 wives who were the daughters of leaders from other nations. He also had 300 slave women who were like wives to him. His wives caused him to turn away from God.

2 Samuel 5:13

David moved from Hebron to Jerusalem. In Jerusalem, he got more slave women and wives. So David had more children who were born in Jerusalem.

Genesis 35:22

Israel stayed there for a short time. While he was there, Reuben slept with Israel’s slave woman Bilhah. Israel heard about this, and he was very angry. These are the names of Jacob’s twelve sons:

Genesis 32:22

During the night, Jacob got up and began moving his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven sons across the Jabbok River at the crossing.

Genesis 30:9

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

Genesis 30:4

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

Genesis 28:9

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

Genesis 16:4

Abram slept with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When Hagar realized this, she became very proud and began to feel that she was better than Sarai her owner.

Genesis 16:16

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

Genesis 21:21

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