Genesis 16 is an intriguing account of how Sarai doubted God's promises to Abram and took matters into her own hands by requesting that her husband take one of her maids named Hagar as a wife so that they would conceive a child and Abram would become a father of a nation. Visit us at bibilium.com, a wholesome Christian blog that caters to the need of every member of the family. Spread the Love and Share the Joy. Celebrate the amazing goodness of God in your lives.

2. Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children.
Sarai had an Egyptian servant called Hagar. She took her to Abram and said, “I
have not borne children but I am giving you Hagar so you can have a child with
her.” Abram and Hagar conceived a child together.

3. Once she was pregnant, Hagar despised Sarai who in turn mistreated her. Life for
Hagar was so miserable that she ran away into the desert.

4. Alone and helpless, she stopped at a spring to rest and drink. An angel of the
Lord found her there.

5. “Hagar, where have you come from, and where are you going?” the angel
asked.

6. “I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered. “Go back to Sarai and
do what she asks you to do. Your descendants will be too numerous to count.”
the angel told her.

7. “You will give birth to a son and you are to call him Ishmael (meaning God hears).
The Lord has heard of your misery.”

8. Hagar obeyed and when the child was born he was named Ishmael. She never
forgot how God had come to her rescue and announced, “You are the God who
sees me.”

9. Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.

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