Genesis 16:1 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Sarai, Abram's wife, was not able to have children. She owned an Egyptian slave named Hagar.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

ASV:

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

BBE:

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar.

DBY:

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

ERV:

Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

JPS:

Now Sarai Abram's wife bore him no children; and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

WBS:

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

WEB:

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

YLT:

And Sarai, Abram's wife, hath not borne to him, and she hath an handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name is Hagar;

Genesis 16:1 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 11:30 Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Genesis 12:16 Therefore he treated Abram well for her sake; and gave him sheep and oxen and donkeys and male and female servants and female donkeys and camels. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

16:1 Now {a} Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name [was] Hagar.
(a) It seems that she had respect for God's promise, which could not be accomplished without issue.

WES:

16:1 We have here the marriage of Abram to Hagar, who was his secondary wife. Herein, though he may be excused, he cannot be justified; for from the beginning it was not so: and when it was so, it seems to have proceeded from an irregular desire to build up their families, for the speedier peopling of the world. But now we must not do so? Christ has reduced this matter to the first institution, and makes the marriage union to be between one man and one woman only.

MHC:

16:1-3 Sarai, no longer expecting to have children herself, proposed to Abram to take another wife, whose children she might; her slave, whose children would be her property. This was done without asking counsel of the Lord. Unbelief worked, God's almighty power was forgotten. It was a bad example, and a source of manifold uneasiness. In every relation and situation in life there is some cross for us to bear: much of the exercise of faith consists in patiently submitting, in waiting the Lord's time, and using only those means which he appoints for the removal of the cross. Foul temptations may have very fair pretences, and be coloured with that which is very plausible. Fleshly wisdom puts us out of God's way. This would not be the case, if we would ask counsel of God by his word and by prayer, before we attempt that which is doubtful.

CONC:

Abram's Bare Bear Bore Borne Egypt Egyptian Hagar Handmaid Maid Maidservant Named Sarai Sar'ai Servant Wife

Abram's Bare Bear Bore Borne Children Egypt Egyptian Hagar Handmaid Maid Maidservant Sarai Sar'ai Servant Wife

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