The Holy Bible Septuagint LXX Unaltered English Word-for-Word from Interlinear Greek

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Genesis 16

16:1And Sarai, the wife of Abram, bore not to him. But there was to her a maidservant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

16:2And Sarai said to Abram, Behold, the lord closed me up to not bear. Enter then to my maidservant, that I may produce children from her! And Abram obeyed the voice of Sarai.

16:3And the wife of Abram having taken Hagar the Egyptian her maidservant, after ten years of living with Abram in the land of Canaan, and she gave her to Abram her husband to him for wife.

16:4And he entered to Hagar, and she conceived. And she saw that she had a child in the womb, and the lady was dishonored before her.

16:5And Sarai said to Abram, I am being wronged because of you. I gave my maidservant to your bosom. And seeing that she had a child in the womb I was dishonored before her. May God judge between me and you.

16:6And Abram said to Sarai, Behold, your maidservant is in your hands, treat her however might be pleasing to you. And Sarai maltreated her, and she ran away from her face.

16:7And the angel of the lord found her upon the spring of water in the wilderness, upon the land in the way of Shur.

16:8And the angel of the lord said to her, Hagar, maidservant of Sarai, from what place do you come, and where do you go? And she said, I am running away from the face of Sarai my lady.

16:9And the angel of the lord said to her, You return to your lady, and be humble under her hands!

16:10And the angel of the lord said to her, In multiplying I will multiply your seed, and it shall not be counted because of the multitude.

16:11And the angel of the lord said to her, Behold, you have a child in the womb, and you shall bear a son, and you shall call his name, Ishmael, for the lord heeded your humiliation.

16:12This one will be a rugged man; his hands will be upon all, and the hands of all upon him. And he will dwell before the face of all his brothers.

16:13And she called the name of the lord, the one speaking to her, You, the God, the one looking upon me; for she said, For even face to face I beheld the one appearing to me.

16:14Because of this she called the well, Well of which I Beheld Face to Face. Behold, it is between Kadesh and between Bared.

16:15And Hagar bore to Abram a son. And Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore to him, Ishmael.

16:16And Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore to Abram, Ishmael.