Genesis 16:3

New English Translation

So after Abram had lived in Canaan for ten years, Sarai, Abram’s wife, gave Hagar, her Egyptian servant, to her husband to be his wife.

Cross References

Genesis 16:16

(Now Abram was 86 years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.)

Genesis 16:4

He had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. Once Hagar realized she was pregnant, she despised Sarai.

Genesis 16:5

Then Sarai said to Abram, “You have brought this wrong on me! I allowed my servant to have sexual relations with you, but when she realized that she was pregnant, she despised me. May the Lord judge between you and me!”

Genesis 21:21

He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother found a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

Genesis 25:6

But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them off to the east, away from his son Isaac.

Genesis 28:9

So Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, along with the wives he already had.

Genesis 30:4

So Rachel gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had marital relations with her.

Genesis 30:9

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

Genesis 32:22

During the night Jacob quickly took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

Genesis 35:22

While Israel was living in that land, Reuben had sexual relations with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

2 Samuel 5:13

David married more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he arrived from Hebron. Even more sons and daughters were born to David.

1 Kings 11:3

He had 700 royal wives and 300 concubines; his wives had a powerful influence over him.

Galatians 4:25

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