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Genesis 16:2 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my servant. It may be that I will obtain children by her.” Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. "

Genesis 16:2

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1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

2 Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my servant. It may be that I will obtain children by her.” Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

3 Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.

4 He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

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Genesis 12:5

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"Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they went to go into the land of Canaan. They entered into the land of Canaan."

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Genesis 17:15

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"God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name shall be Sarah."

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Galatians 4:22

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"For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant, and one by the free woman."

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Tobit 7:13

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"And he called his daughter Sarah, and took her by the hand, and gave her to be wife of Tobias, and said, “Behold, take her to yourself after the law of Moses, and lead her away to your father.” And he blessed them."

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Romans 9:9

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"For this is a word of promise: “At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”"

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1 Peter 3:6

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"So Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you now are if you do well and are not put in fear by any terror."

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Genesis 16:1

"Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar."

Genesis 16:3

"Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife."

Genesis 16:4

"He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes."

Genesis 16:5

"Sarai said to Abram, “This wrong is your fault. I gave my servant into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, she despised me. May the LORD judge between me and you.”"

Genesis 16:6

"But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes.” Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face."

Genesis 16:7

"The LORD’s angel found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur."

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