Genesis 16:1
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
In context
1 Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
2 So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
3 So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife.
Genesis 16:1 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
- KJV King James Version
- Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
- WEB World English Bible
- Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And Sarai, Abram's wife, hath not borne to him, and she hath an handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name [is] Hagar;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Sarai Abram's wife did not bear him [children]. And she had an Egyptian maidservant; and her name was Hagar.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.