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Genesis 16

Gen. 16:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now Sarai
Saray (Hebrew #8297)
dominative; Sarai, the wife of Abraham
KJV usage: Sarai.
Pronounce: saw-rah'-ee
Origin: from 8269
Abram’s
'Abram (Hebrew #87)
high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham
KJV usage: Abram.
Pronounce: ab-rawm'
Origin: contracted from 48
wife
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
bare
yalad (Hebrew #3205)
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
KJV usage: bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
Pronounce: yaw-lad'
Origin: a primitive root
him no
lo' (Hebrew #3808)
or loh (Deut. 3:11) {lo}; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows)
KJV usage: X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (X as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, + of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.
Pronounce: lo
Origin: or lowi {lo}
children
yalad (Hebrew #3205)
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
KJV usage: bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
Pronounce: yaw-lad'
Origin: a primitive root
: and she had an handmaid
shiphchah (Hebrew #8198)
a female slave (as a member of the household)
KJV usage: (bond-, hand-)maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.
Pronounce: shif-khaw'
Origin: feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see 4940)
, ane Egyptian
Mitsriy (Hebrew #4713)
a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim
KJV usage: Egyptian, of Egypt.
Pronounce: mits-ree'
Origin: from 4714
, whose name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
wasf Hagar
Hagar (Hebrew #1904)
Hagar, the mother of Ishmael
KJV usage: Hagar.
Pronounce: haw-gawr'
Origin: of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation
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Gen. 21:9• 9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking. (Gen. 21:9)
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Gal. 4:24• 24Which things have an allegorical sense; for these are two covenants: one from mount Sinai, gendering to bondage, which is Hagar. (Gal. 4:24)

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Abram,
Egyptians,
Hagar,
Handmaid; Handmaiden,
Sarai,
Wife

Cross References

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1-3:  Sarai, being barren, gives Hagar to Abram.
4-6:  Hagar, being afflicted for despising her mistress, runs away.
7-12:  An angel commands her to return and submit herself, promises her a numerous posterity, and shows their character and condition.
13-14:  Hagar names the place, and returns to Sarai.
15:  Ishmael is born.
16:  The age of Abram.
A.M. 2092.
B.C. 1912.
bare.
Gen. 15:2‑3• 2And Abram said, Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me? seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus.
 3And Abram said, Lo, to me thou hast given no seed, and behold, a son of my house will be mine heir. (Gen. 15:2‑3)
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Gen. 21:10,12• 10And she said to Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of this handmaid shall not inherit with my son--with Isaac.
 12And God said to Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad and because of thy handmaid: in all that Sarah hath said to thee hearken to her voice, for in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee. (Gen. 21:10,12)
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Gen. 25:21• 21And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren; and Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebecca his wife conceived. (Gen. 25:21)
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Judg. 13:2• 2And there was a certain man of Zoreah, of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah. And his wife was barren and did not bear. (Judg. 13:2)
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Luke 1:7,36• 7And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in years.
 36And behold, Elizabeth, thy kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her that was called barren: (Luke 1:7,36)
Egyptian.
Gen. 12:16• 16And he treated Abram well on her account; and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and bondmen, and bondwomen, and she-asses, and camels. (Gen. 12:16)
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Gen. 21:9,21• 9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
 21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. (Gen. 21:9,21)
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Gal. 4:24• 24Which things have an allegorical sense; for these are two covenants: one from mount Sinai, gendering to bondage, which is Hagar. (Gal. 4:24)
Agar.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Sarai Abram’s wife did not bear him children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant; and her name was Hagare.

JND Translation Notes

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Flight.