16 Now Avram’s wife Sarʹai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian servant whose name was Haʹgar. 2 So Sarʹai said to Avram: “Please now! Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} has prevented me from bearing children. Please, have relations with my servant. Perhaps I can have children by means of her.” So Avram listened to what Sarʹai said. 3 After Avram had lived for ten years in the land of Caʹnaan, Avram’s wife Sarʹai took her Egyptian servant Haʹgar and gave her to her husband Avram as his wife. 4 So he had relations with Haʹgar, and she became pregnant. When she realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
5 At this Sarʹai said to Avram: “The injury done to me is your fault. I was the one who put my servant in your arms, but when she realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise me. May Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} judge between me and you.” 6 So Avram said to Sarʹai: “Look! Your servant is under your authority. Do to her whatever you think is best.” Then Sarʹai humiliated her, and she ran away from her.
7 Later Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}’s angel found her at a spring of waters in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur. 8 And he said: “Haʹgar, servant of Sarʹai, where have you come from and where are you going?” To this she said: “I am running away from my mistress Sarʹai.” 9 Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}’s angel then said to her: “Return to your mistress and humble yourself under her hand.” 10 Then Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}’s angel said: “I will greatly multiply your offspring, so that they will be too numerous to count.” 11 Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}’s angel added: “Here you are pregnant, and you will give birth to a son, and you must name him Ishʹma·Al, for Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} has heard your affliction. 12 He will be a wild donkey of a man. His hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand will be against him, and he will dwell opposite all his brothers.”
13 Then she called on the name of Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}, who was speaking to her: “You are a Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'} of sight,” for she said: “Have I here actually looked upon the one who sees me?” 14 That is why the well was called Beʹer-laʹhai-roi. (It is between Kaʹdesh and Beʹred.) 15 So Haʹgar bore to Avram a son, and Avram named his son, whom Haʹgar bore, Ishʹma·Al. 16 Avram was 86 years old when Haʹgar bore Ishʹma·Al to him.